Psalm 123
Lexham English Bible
Prayer for Yahweh’s Action in the Face of Scorn
A song of ascents.[a]
123 I lift up my eyes to you,
the one enthroned[b] in the heavens.
2 Behold, as the eyes of servants
look to the hand of their master,[c]
as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,
so our eyes look to Yahweh our God,
until he is gracious to us.
3 Be gracious to us, O Yahweh, be gracious to us,
for long enough we have had our fill of contempt.
4 For long enough our soul has had its fill of
the derision of the self-confident,
the contempt of the arrogant.
Footnotes
- Psalm 123:1 The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm
- Psalm 123:1 Or “the one who dwells”
- Psalm 123:2 Hebrew “masters”
Psalm 123
International Standard Version
A Song of Ascents
A Prayer for Relief
123 To you, who sit enthroned in heaven,
I lift up my eyes.
2 Consider this: as the eyes of a servant focus
on what his master provides,[a]
and as the eyes of a female servant focus[b]
on what her mistress provides,[c]
so our eyes focus on the Lord our God,
until he has mercy on us.
3 Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy,
for we have had more than enough of contempt.
4 Our lives overflow
with scorn from those who live at ease,
with contempt from those who are proud.
Footnotes
- Psalm 123:2 Lit. on the hand of his master
- Psalm 123:2 The Heb. lacks focus
- Psalm 123:2 Lit. on the hand of her mistress
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