123 I look up to you, God,
as you rule from your throne in heaven.
2 Yes, our eyes look up to the Lord our God.
We want him to be kind to us, so we wait for his help.
We wait like servants who want help from their master.
3 Please be kind to us, Lord . Please forgive us.
People have insulted us more and more!
4 We have had too much!
Proud people laugh at us,
and they do not respect us.
Please stop them!
123 Lord, I look up and pray to you.
You sit as King in heaven.
2 A slave looks to his master to provide what he needs,
and a servant girl depends on the woman she serves.
So we depend on the Lord our God,
waiting for him to have mercy on us.
3 Lord , be merciful to us,
because we have been insulted much too long.
4 We have had enough of the hateful words of those proud people
who make fun of us and show us no respect.
123 Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord , have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
123 To You I have ( A ) raised my eyes,
You who ( B ) are enthroned in the heavens!
2 Behold, as the eyes of ( C ) servants look to the hand of their master,
As the eyes of a female servant to the hand of her mistress,
So our ( D ) eyes look to the Lord our God,
Until He is gracious to us.
3 ( E ) Be gracious to us, Lord , be gracious to us,
For we have had much more than enough of ( F ) contempt.
4 Our soul has had much more than enough
Of the ( G ) scoffing of ( H ) those who are at ease,
And with the ( I ) contempt of the proud.
1 I lift up my eyes to you,
to you who sit enthroned ( A ) in heaven.
2 As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master,
as the eyes of a female slave look to the hand of her mistress,
so our eyes look to the Lord ( B ) our God,
till he shows us his mercy.
3 Have mercy on us, Lord , have mercy on us,
for we have endured no end of contempt.
4 We have endured no end
of ridicule from the arrogant,
of contempt from the proud.
