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I Lift Up My Eyes to You

A song of ascents.

ⓘ This lament on the psalmist’s lowly position expresses...

This lament on the psalmist’s lowly position expresses vivid trust in the Lord (123:1–2). The psalmist prays for God’s favor on the community, as the reality of evil surrounds them (123:3–4). The poet looks beyond Jerusalem (Ps 122) to God’s throne in heaven.
1I lift up my eyes to You,the One enthroned in heaven.2As the eyes of servantslook to the hand of their master,as the eyes of a maidservantlook to the hand of her mistress,so our eyes are on the LORD our Goduntil He shows us mercy.
3Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy,for we have endured much contempt.4We have endured much scorn from the arrogant,much contempt from the proud.