Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

123 To You I have ^(A)raised my eyes,
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 female servant 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 ^[a]respond,
Even because of my ^[b]inward agitation.
³ I listened to ^(A)the reprimand which insults me,
And the spirit of my understanding makes me answer.
⁴ Do you know this from ^(B)ancient times,
From the establishment of mankind on earth,
⁵ That the ^(C)rejoicing of the wicked is short,
And ^(D)the joy of the godless momentary?
⁶ Though his arrogance ^[c](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;
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 ^[d]favor the poor,
And his hands ^(M)give back his wealth.
¹¹ His ^(N)bones are full of his youthful strength,
But it lies down with him ^[e]in the dust.