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Psalms 123

1 A praier of the faithful, which were afflicted either in Babylon or under Antiochus by the wicked worldlings & contemners of God.
A song of degrees.
1.I lift up mine eyes to thee, that dwellest in the heavens.
2.Behold, as the eyes of aservants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mastres: so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God until he have mercie upon us.
3.Have mercie upon us, ô Lord, have mercie upon us: for we have bsuffered too much contempt.
4.Our soul is filled too ful of the mocking of the wealthy, and of the despitefulness of the proud.

Notes

2-a.
He compares the condition of the godly to servants that are destitute of all help, assuring that when all other helps fail, God is ever at hand and like himself.
3-b.
He declares that when the faithful are so full, that they can no more endure the oppressions, and scornings of the wicked, there is always help above, if with hungry desire they call for it.