Third Millennium Bible TMB
GOD'S WORD Translation GW
1 <<A song of degrees.>> Unto Thee I lift up mine eyes, O Thou that dwellest in the heavens.
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I look up to you, to the one who sits 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 He has mercy upon us.
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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.
3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us, for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
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Have pity on us, O LORD. Have pity on us because we have suffered more than our share 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 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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