New Revised Standard NRS
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens!
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<A Song of the going up.> To you my eyes are lifted up, even to you whose seat is in the heavens.
2 As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, 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 upon us.
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See! as the eyes of servants are turned to the hands of their masters, and the eyes of a servant-girl to her owner, so our eyes are waiting for the Lord our God, till he has mercy on us.
3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us, for we have had more than enough of contempt.
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Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: for all men are looking down on us.
4 Our soul has had more than its fill of the scorn of those who are at ease, of the contempt of the proud.
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For long enough have men of pride made sport of our soul.
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