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 proudand the contempt of the arrogant.