CXXIII. Book V. An Expectant Prayer for Jehovah's Help. 1909-14. The Book of Psalms. The Harvard Classics

The Book of Psalms.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

Book V

CXXIII

An Expectant Prayer for Jehovah’s Help

A Song of Ascents.


[1]	UNTO thee do I lift up mine eyes, O thou that sittest in the heavens.
[2]	Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their master, As the eyes of a maid unto the hand of her mistress; So our eyes look unto Jehovah our God, Until he have mercy upon us.
[3]	Have mercy upon us, O Jehovah, have mercy upon us; For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
[4]	Our soul is exceedingly filled With the scoffing of those that are at ease, And with the contempt of the proud.