Psalm 122 (123)

1 Canticum graduum. Ad te levavi oculos meos, qui habitas in cælis.

1 To thee have I lifted up my eyes, who dwellest in heaven.

2 Ecce sicut oculi servorum in manibus dominorum suorum ; sicut oculi ancillæ in manibus dominæ suæ : ita oculi nostri ad Dominum Deum nostrum, donec misereatur nostri.

2 Behold as the eyes of servants are on the hands of their masters, As the eyes of the handmaid are on the hands of her mistress: so are our eyes unto the Lord our God, until he have mercy on us.

3 Miserere nostri, Domine, miserere nostri, quia multum repleti sumus despectione ;

3 Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: for we are greatly filled with contempt.

4 quia multum repleta est anima nostra opprobrium abundantibus, et despectio superbis.

4 For our soul is greatly filled: we are a reproach to the rich, and contempt to the proud.