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The Message Bible MSG
1 To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens!
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I look to you, heaven-dwelling God, look up to you for help.
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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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 upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us, for we have had more than enough of contempt.
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Mercy, God, mercy! We've been kicked around long enough,
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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Kicked in the teeth by complacent rich men, kicked when we're down by arrogant brutes.
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®) © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2025
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.