New King James Version NKJV
New Living Translation NLT
1 A Song of Ascents. Unto You I lift up my eyes, O You who dwell in the heavens.
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I lift my eyes to you, O God, enthroned in heaven.
2 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.
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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 Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us! For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
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Have mercy on us, LORD, have mercy, for we have had our fill of contempt.
4 Our soul is exceedingly filled With the scorn of those who are at ease, With the contempt of the proud.
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We have had more than our fill of the scoffing of the proud and the contempt of the arrogant.