Psalms 123
A song of ascents asking God for mercy amid scorn.
Psalm 123 is a short song of ascents in which the psalmist lifts his eyes to God "that dwellest in the heavens," comparing Israel's watchfulness to a servant's eyes fixed on a master's hand. It pairs naturally with the upward gaze of Psalms 121:1, another ascents psalm that opens by looking to the hills and to the Lord.
To thee do I lift up my eyes, O thou who sit in the heavens.
Behold, as the eyes of servants to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are to Jehovah our God, until he has mercy upon us.
Have mercy upon us, O Jehovah, have mercy upon us, for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.