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1 To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned 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 master, as the eyes of a maidservant to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, till he has mercy upon 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 upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us, for we have had more than enough of 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 has had more than enough of the scorn of those who are at ease, of 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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