Psalm 123

Refrain:    Our eyes wait upon the Lord our God.

1    To you I lift up my eyes,  

to you that are enthroned in the heavens.

2    As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master,  

or the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,

3    So our eyes wait upon the Lord our God,  

until he have mercy upon us. [R]

4    Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us,  

for we have had more than enough of contempt.

5    Our soul has had more than enough of the scorn of the arrogant,  

and of the contempt of the proud.

Refrain:    Our eyes wait upon the Lord our God.

Sovereign God, enthroned in the heavens,

look upon us with your eyes of mercy,

as we look on you with humility and love,

and fill our souls with your peace

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

 

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