Psalms 123

A Prayer for Mercy

¹LORD , I look up to you,

up to heaven, where you rule.

²As a servant depends on his master,

as a maid depends on her mistress,

so we will keep looking to you, O LORD our God,

until you have mercy on us.

³Be merciful to us, LORD , be merciful;

we have been treated with so much contempt.

⁴We have been mocked too long by the rich

and scorned by proud oppressors.