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Psalm 123
New King James Version

### Prayer for Relief from Contempt

#### A Song of Ascents.

123 Unto You (A)I lift up my eyes,
O You (B)who dwell in the heavens.
2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters,
As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,
(C)So our eyes look to the Lord our God,
Until He has mercy on us.

3 Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us!
For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
4 Our soul is exceedingly filled
With the scorn of those who are at ease,
With the contempt of the proud.

#### Cross references

1. Psalm 123:1 : Ps. 121:1; 141:8
2. Psalm 123:1 : Ps. 2:4; 11:4; 115:3
3. Psalm 123:2 : Ps. 25:15

New King James Version (NKJV)

Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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