1 To you I lift up my eyes,

you who are enthroned in the heavens.

2 See, as the eyes of servants look to their master's hand,

as the eyes of a maid look to her mistress's hand,

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 are filled with humiliation.

4 We are more than full

of the scoffing of the insolent

and with the contempt of the proud.