GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New King James Version NKJV
1 I look up to you, to the one who sits enthroned 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 servants depend on their masters, as a maid depends on her mistress, so we depend on the LORD our God until he has pity 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 pity on us, O LORD. Have pity on us because we have suffered more than our share of contempt.
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Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us! For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
4 We have suffered more than our share of ridicule from those who are carefree. We have suffered more than our share of contempt from those who are 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.