Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

123 To You I ^(A)lift up my eyes,
The One ^(B)enthroned in the heavens!
² Behold, as the eyes of ^(C)slaves look to the hand of their master,
As the eyes of a servant-girl to the hand of her mistress,
So our ^(D)eyes look to Yahweh our God,
Until He is gracious to us.

² “Therefore my disquieting thoughts make me ^[a]respond,
Even because of my haste within me.
³ I listened to ^(A)the discipline which dishonors 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)shouts of joy of the wicked are short,
And ^(D)the gladness of the godless momentary?
⁶ Though his loftiness ^(E)goes up to 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 seek the favor of 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 ^[b]in the dust.