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1 Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
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I lift up my eyes to you, to you who sit enthroned in heaven.
2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
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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.
3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
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Have mercy on us, LORD, have mercy on us, for we have endured no end of contempt.
4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
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We have endured no end of ridicule from the arrogant, of contempt from the proud.