1
I lift my eyes to you,
O God, enthroned in heaven.
2
We keep looking to the Lord our God for his mercy,
just as servants keep their eyes on their master,
as a slave girl watches her mistress for the slightest signal.
3
Have mercy on us, Lord , have mercy,
for we have had our fill of contempt.
4
We have had more than our fill of the scoffing of the proud
and the contempt of the arrogant.