123 1 To you I lift up my eyes,
O you who are enthroned in the heavens!
123 2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master,
as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,
so our eyes look to Yahweh our God,
till he have mercy upon us.
123 3 Have mercy upon us, O Yahweh, have mercy upon us,
for we have had more than enough of contempt.
123 4 Too long our soul has been sated
with the scorn of those who are at ease,
the contempt of the proud.