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1 A Song of Ascents. Unto You I lift up my eyes, O You who dwell in the heavens.
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1 I lift up my eyes to you, to you whose throne is in heaven.
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2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, So our eyes look to the Lord our God, Until He has mercy on us.
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2 As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, till he shows us his mercy.
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3 Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us! For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
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3 Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt.
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4 Our soul is exceedingly filled With the scorn of those who are at ease, With the contempt of the proud.
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4 We have endured much ridicule from the proud, much contempt from the arrogant.
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| Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New King James Version) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
