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1 I lift up my eyes to you, to you who sit enthroned in heaven.
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To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens!
2 As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a female slave 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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As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, 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 upon us.
3 Have mercy on us, LORD, have mercy on us, for we have endured no end of contempt.
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Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us, for we have had more than enough of contempt.
4 We have endured no end of ridicule from the arrogant, of contempt from the proud.
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Our soul has had more than its fill of the scorn of those who are at ease, of the contempt of the proud.
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