Psalm 123

Translated from the Hebrew of the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Tap a verse to see why it reads as it does. Tap a small letter to read its footnote.

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Eyes on the LORD, like a slave’s on a master

¹A song of ascents. I raise my eyes to you, the one who reigns in heaven. ²Slaves watch the hand of their master, and a slave woman watches the hand of the woman she serves. In the same way we keep our eyes on the LORD our God, waiting for him to show us favor. ³Show us favor, LORD, show us favor, for we have swallowed more contempt than we can bear. ⁴We have had our fill and more of the mockery of the comfortable and the contempt of the arrogant.