Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

123 To thee I lift up my eyes,
O thou who art enthroned in the heavens!
² Behold, as the eyes of servants
    look to the hand of their master,
as the eyes of a maid
    to the hand of her mistress,
so our eyes look to the Lord our God,
    till he have mercy upon us.

² “Therefore my thoughts answer me,
    because of my haste within me.
³ I hear censure which insults me,
    and out of my understanding a spirit answers me.
⁴ Do you not know this from of old,
    since man was placed upon earth,
⁵ that the exulting of the wicked is short,
    and the joy of the godless but for a moment?
⁶ Though his height mount up to the heavens,
    and his head reach to the clouds,
⁷ he will perish for ever like his own dung;
    those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
⁸ He will fly away like a dream, and not be found;
    he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
⁹ The eye which saw him will see him no more,
    nor will his place any more behold him.
¹⁰ His children will seek the favor of the poor,
    and his hands will give back his wealth.
¹¹ His bones are full of youthful vigor,
    but it will lie down with him in the dust.