Psalm 123 – A Prayer for Mercy

A song of ascents.

123 I Lift up my eyes to you,

who are throned in the heavens.

2 As 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.

3 Be gracious, be gracious to us, Lord.

Scorn enough, and more, have we borne

4 More than enough have we borne

of derision from those at their ease,

of scorn from those who are haughty.