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.
Unto thee, have I lifted up mine eyes, O thou who art enthroned in the heavens.
Lo! as the eyes of men-servants are unto the hand of their masters, as the eyes of a maid-servant, unto the hand of her mistress, so, are our eyes, unto Yahweh our God, until that he show us favour.
Show us favour, O Yahweh, show us favour, for, exceedingly, are we sated with contempt:
Exceeding sated therewith, is our soul,—The scorn of the careless, The contempt of the proud.