Psalm 123

Psalm 123 – A Prayer for Mercy

A song of ascents.

1I Lift up my eyes to you,

who are throned in the heavens.

2As the eyes of a servant

turn to the hand of his master,

or the eyes of a maid

to the hand of her mistress,

so do our eyes turn

to the Lord our God,

until he is gracious to us.

3Be gracious, be gracious to us, Lord.

Scorn enough, and more, have we borne

4More than enough have we borne

of derision from those at their ease,

of scorn from those who are haughty.