THE BOOK OF
PSALMS
PSALM 123

Lift up thine eyes unto the Lord and plead with him for mercy.

A SONG OF DEGREES.

  1 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.