Psalm 123
This psalm is a communal lament expressing the deep longing and humble reliance of the people on God's mercy amidst scorn and contempt from others. It conveys a posture of patient waiting for divine intervention. It is prayed in times of distress, when experiencing contempt or ridicule, or when humbly seeking God's compassion and deliverance.
A Song of Ascents. I lift up my eyes to you, you who sit in the heavens.
1 A Song of Ascents. I lift up my eyes to you, you who sit in the heavens.
2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to Yahweh, our God, until he has mercy on us.
3 Have mercy on us, Yahweh, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt.
4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud.
Hebrew numbering, the one used in most Bibles and searches. In Catholic liturgy (Greek numbering) this psalm may appear one number lower between 10 and 147.