Prayer for Relief from Contempt

A Song of Ascents.

123 Unto You (A)I lift up my eyes,
O You (B)who dwell in the heavens.
Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters,
As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,
(C)So our eyes look to the Lord our God,
Until He has mercy on us.

Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us!
For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
Our soul is exceedingly filled
With the scorn of those who are at ease,
With the contempt of the proud.

A oração do crente desprezado

Cântico dos degraus

123 Para ti, que habitas nos céus, levanto os meus olhos. Eis que, como os olhos dos servos atentam para as mãos do seu senhor, e os olhos da serva, para as mãos de sua senhora, assim os nossos olhos atentam para o Senhor, nosso Deus, até que tenha piedade de nós.

Tem piedade de nós, ó Senhor, tem piedade de nós, pois estamos assaz fartos de desprezo. A nossa alma está sobremodo farta da zombaria daqueles que estão à sua vontade e do desprezo dos soberbos.

Our Eyes Look to the Lord Our God

A Song of (A)Ascents.

123 To you I (B)lift up my eyes,
    O you who are (C)enthroned in the heavens!
Behold, as the eyes of servants
    look to the hand of their master,
as the eyes of a maidservant
    to the hand of her mistress,
so our eyes look to the Lord our God,
    till he has mercy upon us.

(D)Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us,
    for we have had more than enough of (E)contempt.
Our soul has had more than enough
    of (F)the scorn of (G)those who are at ease,
    of the contempt of (H)the proud.