Psalmen 123

Psalmüberschrift: A Song of degrees.

1. ¹Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
2. ²Behold, as the eyes of servants [ergänzt: look] unto the hand of their masters, as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress, so our eyes [ergänzt: are directed] to Jehovah our God, until he be gracious unto us.
3. ³Be gracious unto us, O Jehovah, be gracious unto us; for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
4. ⁴Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, with the contempt of the proud.

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