Prayer for the Lord’s Help.

¹Unto you I lift up my eyes,

O You who are enthroned in the heavens!

²Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master,

And 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 and favorable toward us.

³¶Be gracious to us, O Lord , be gracious and favorable toward us,

For we are greatly filled with contempt.

⁴Our soul is greatly filled

With the scoffing of those who are at ease,

And with the contempt of the proud [who disregard God’s law].