Prayer for the LORD’S Help.

A Song of Ascents.

1 To You I lift up my eyes,
          O You who are enthroned in the heavens!

2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master,
          As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,
          So our eyes look to the LORD our God,
          Until He is gracious to us.

3 Be gracious to us, O LORD, be gracious to us,
          For we are greatly filled with contempt.

4 Our soul is greatly filled
          With the scoffing of those who are at ease,
          And with the contempt of the proud.