Psalms 123
123
PSALM 123
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
A Song of Ascents
1O thou that dwellest in the heav'ns,
I lift mine eyes to thee.
2Behold, as servants' eyes do look
their masters' hand to see,
As handmaid's eyes her mistress' hand;
so do our eyes attend
Upon the Lord our God, until
to us he mercy send.
3O Lord, be gracious to us,
unto us gracious be;
Because replenish'd with contempt
exceedingly are we.
4Our soul is fill'd with scorn of those
that at their ease abide,
And with the insolent contempt
of those that swell in pride.
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Psalms 123
123
Prayer for Yahweh’s Action in the Face of Scorn
A song of ascents.#The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm
1I lift up my eyes to you,
the one enthroned#Or “the one who dwells” in the heavens.
2Behold, as the eyes of servants
look to the hand of their master,#Hebrew “masters”
as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,
so our eyes look to Yahweh our God,
until he is gracious to us.
3Be gracious to us, O Yahweh, be gracious to us,
for long enough we have had our fill of contempt.
4For long enough our soul has had its fill of
the derision of the self-confident,
the contempt of the arrogant.
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