Psalm 123–124

Our Eyes Look to the Lord Our God

123A Song of ^mAscents.

¹To you I ^qlift up my eyes,

O you who are ^renthroned in the heavens!

²Behold, as the eyes of servants

look to the hand of their master,

as the eyes of a maidservant

to the hand of her mistress,

so our eyes look to the Lord our God,

till he has mercy upon us.

^3sHave mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us,

for we have had more than enough of ^tcontempt.

⁴Our soul has had more than enough

of ^uthe scorn of ^vthose who are at ease,

of the contempt of ^wthe proud.

Our Help Is in the Name of the Lord

124A Song of ^mAscents. Of David.

^1xIf it had not been the Lord who was on our side—

^ylet Israel now say—

²if it had not been the Lord who was on our side

when people rose up against us,

³then they would have ^zswallowed us up alive,

when their anger was kindled against us;

⁴then ^athe flood would have ^bswept us away,

the torrent would have gone ^cover us;

⁵then over us would have gone

the raging waters.

⁶Blessed be the Lord,

who has not given us

as prey to their teeth!

⁷We have escaped like a bird

from ^dthe snare of the fowlers;

the snare is broken,

and we have escaped!

^8eOur help is in the name of the Lord,

who made heaven and earth.