Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

123 To You I ^(A)lift up my eyes,
O You who ^(B)are enthroned in the heavens!
² Behold, as the eyes of ^(C)servants look to the hand of their master,
As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,
So our ^(D)eyes look to the Lord our God,
Until He is gracious to us.

² “Therefore my disquieting thoughts make me ^[b]respond,
Even because of my ^[c]inward agitation.
³ “I listened to ^(A)the reproof which insults me,
And the spirit of my understanding makes me answer.
⁴ “Do you know this from ^(B)of old,
From the establishment of man on earth,
⁵ That the ^(C)triumphing of the wicked is short,
And ^(D)the joy of the godless momentary?
⁶ “Though his loftiness ^[d](E)reaches the heavens,
And his head touches the clouds,
⁷ He ^(F)perishes forever like his refuse;
Those who have seen him ^(G)will say, ‘Where is he?’
⁸ “He flies away like a ^(H)dream, and they cannot find him;
Even like a vision of the night he is ^(I)chased away.
⁹ “The ^(J)eye which saw him sees him no longer,
And ^(K)his place no longer beholds him.
¹⁰ “His ^(L)sons ^[e]favor the poor,
And his hands ^(M)give back his wealth.
¹¹ “His ^(N)bones are full of his youthful vigor,
But it lies down with him ^[f]in the dust.