I lift up my eyes up to you, to you whose throne is in heaven
As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid look to the hand of her mistress so our eyes look to the Lord our God, till he shows us his mercy.
Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt.
We have endured much ridicule from the proud, much contempt from the arrogant.
Psalm 123
