The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
New King James Version NKJV
1 A song of ascents: I raise my eyes to you, whose throne is in heaven.
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A Song of Ascents. Unto You I lift up my eyes, O You who dwell in the heavens.
2 As a servant looks to the hand of his master, or a slave-girl to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes turn to ADONAI our God, until he has mercy on us.
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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.
3 Have mercy on us, ADONAI, have mercy; for we have had our fill of contempt,
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Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us! For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
4 more than our fill of scorn from the complacent and contempt from the arrogant.
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Our soul is exceedingly filled With the scorn of those who are at ease, With the contempt of the proud.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.