1 > To you I do lift up my eyes, You who sit in the heavens.
2 Behold, 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 Yahweh, our God, Until he has mercy on us.
3 Have mercy on us, Yahweh, have mercy on us, For we have endured much contempt.
4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease, With the contempt of the proud.
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Today's Verse
And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast hotly pursued after me?
Verse Of The DayThe chapter closes with a doubled plea, "have mercy upon us," as the psalmist admits Israel is "exceedingly filled with contempt" from those at ease. Explore the surrounding songs of ascent on the Psalms overview, or read on to Psalms 124, where the tone shifts to thanksgiving for rescue.
