123Psalms 123

PSAL. CXXIII. / 1 The godly professe their confidence in God, 3 and pray to be deliuered from contempt. / A song of degrees.

1Vnto thee lift I vp mine eyes: O thou that dwellest in the heauens.Select Psalms 123:1

2Beholde, as the eyes of seruants looke vnto the hand of their Masters, and as the eyes of a maiden, vnto the hand of her mistresse: so our eyes waite vpon the Lord our God, vntill that he haue mercy vpon vs.Select Psalms 123:2

3Haue mercy vpon vs, O Lord, haue mercy vpon vs: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.Select Psalms 123:3

4Our soule is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease: and with the contempt of the proud.Select Psalms 123:4