The Message Bible MSG
New Living Translation NLT
1 I look to you, heaven-dwelling God, look up to you for help.
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I lift my eyes to you, O God, enthroned in heaven.
2 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.
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We keep looking to the LORD our God for his mercy, just as servants keep their eyes on their master, as a slave girl watches her mistress for the slightest signal.
3 Mercy, God, mercy! We've been kicked around long enough,
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Have mercy on us, LORD, have mercy, for we have had our fill of contempt.
4 Kicked in the teeth by complacent rich men, kicked when we're down by arrogant brutes.
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We have had more than our fill of the scoffing of the proud and the contempt of the arrogant.
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