[1] A Song of Ascents. [2] To thee I lift up my eyes, O thou who art
enthroned in the heavens! [3] 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. [4] Have
mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us, for we have had more than enough
of contempt. [ (Psalms 123:5) Too long our soul has been sated with the
scorn of those who are at ease, the contempt of the proud. ]