Psalms 123
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
1 Ref <A Song of the going up.> To you my eyes are lifted up, even to you whose seat is in the heavens.
2 Ref See! as the eyes of servants are turned to the hands of their masters, and the eyes of a servant-girl to her owner, so our eyes are waiting for the Lord our God, till he has mercy on us.
3 Ref Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: for all men are looking down on us.
4 Ref For long enough have men of pride made sport of our soul.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 Ref A Song of the Ascents. Unto Thee I have lifted up mine eyes, O dweller in the heavens.
2 Ref Lo, as eyes of men-servants `Are' unto the hand of their masters, As eyes of a maid-servant `Are' unto the hand of her mistress, So `are' our eyes unto Jehovah our God, Till that He doth favour us.
3 Ref Favour us, O Jehovah, favour us, For greatly have we been filled with contempt,
4 Ref Greatly hath our soul been filled With the scorning of the easy ones, With the contempt of the arrogant!
American Standard-ASV1901 (ASV)
1 Ref Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes, O thou that sittest in the heavens.
2 Ref Behold, as the eyes of servants `look' unto the hand of their master, As the eyes of a maid unto the hand of her mistress; So our eyes `look' unto Jehovah our God, Until he have mercy upon us.
3 Ref Have mercy upon us, O Jehovah, have mercy upon us; For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
4 Ref Our soul is exceedingly filled With the scoffing of those that are at ease, And with the contempt of the proud. Psalm 124 A Song of Ascents; of David.