123:1 A song of ascents. ² 

I look up ³  toward you,

the one enthroned ⁴  in heaven.

123:2 Look, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master,

as the eyes of a female servant look to the hand of her mistress, ⁵ 

so my eyes will look to the Lord, our God, until he shows us favor.

123:3 Show us favor, O Lord, show us favor!

For we have had our fill of humiliation, and then some. ⁶ 

123:4 We have had our fill ⁷ 

of the taunts of the self-assured,

of the contempt of the proud.