Psalms 123

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1Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

2Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.

3Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

4Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

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Public-domain texts: KJV (1611), American Standard Version (1901), Young's Literal Translation (1898), Darby Translation (1890), Webster's Revision (1833) and Rotherham's Emphasised Bible (1902). Verse numbering matches across all versions.