Common English Bible CEB
The Message Bible MSG
1 I raise my eyes to you— you who rule heaven.
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I look to you, heaven-dwelling God, look up to you for help.
2 Just as the eyes of servants attend to their masters' hand, just as the eyes of a female servant attends to her mistress' hand— that's how our eyes attend to the LORD our God until he has mercy on us.
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Like servants, alert to their master's commands, like a maiden attending her lady, We're watching and waiting, holding our breath, awaiting your word of mercy.
3 Have mercy on us, LORD! Have mercy because we've had more than enough shame.
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Mercy, God, mercy! We've been kicked around long enough,
4 We've had more than enough mockery from the self-confident, more than enough shame from the proud.
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Kicked in the teeth by complacent rich men, kicked when we're down by arrogant brutes.
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