Psalm 123 123 Psalms Book 5 Douay-Rheims Bible I Lift Up My Eyes to You 1 DRA To thee have I lifted up my eyes, who dwellest in heaven. BSB BSB: A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.
2 DRA Behold as the eyes of the servants are on the hands of their masters, As the eyes of the handmaid are on the hands of her mistress: so are our eyes unto the Lord our God, until he have mercy on us. BSB BSB: As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on the LORD our God until He shows us mercy.
3 DRA Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: for we are greatly filled with contempt. BSB BSB: Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt.
4 DRA For our soul is greatly filled: we are a reproach to the rich, and contempt to the proud. BSB BSB: We have endured much scorn from the arrogant, much contempt from the proud.
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