Chapter 123
I Lift Up My Eyes to You
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A song of ascents. 1I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.
𐤔𐤉𐤓 𐤄𐤌𐤏𐤋𐤅𐤕 𐤍𐤔𐤀𐤕𐤉 𐤀𐤕 𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤊 𐤄𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤉 𐤁𐤔𐤌𐤉𐤌
שִׁ֗יר הַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת נָשָׂ֣אתִי אֶת־ עֵינַ֑י אֵ֭לֶיךָ הַ֝יֹּשְׁבִ֗י בַּשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ šîr ham·ma·‘ă·lō·wṯ nā·śā·ṯî ’eṯ- ‘ê·nay ’ê·le·ḵā hay·yō·šə·ḇî baš·šā·mā·yim — WLC · 1
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- As the eyes of servants [look] to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant [look] to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on the LORD our God until He shows us mercy.
𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤊𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤃 𐤀𐤃𐤅𐤍𐤉𐤄𐤌 𐤊𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉 𐤔𐤐𐤇𐤄 𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤃 𐤂𐤁𐤓𐤕𐤄 𐤊𐤍 𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉𐤍𐤅 𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤍𐤅 𐤏𐤃 𐤔𐤉𐤇𐤍𐤍𐤅
הִנֵּ֨ה כְעֵינֵ֪י עֲבָדִ֡ים אֶל־ יַ֤ד אֲֽדוֹנֵיהֶ֗ם כְּעֵינֵ֣י שִׁפְחָה֮ אֶל־ יַ֪ד גְּבִ֫רְתָּ֥הּ כֵּ֣ן עֵ֭ינֵינוּ אֶל־ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ עַ֝֗ד שֶׁיְּחָנֵּֽנוּ׃ hin·nêh ḵə·‘ê·nê ‘ă·ḇā·ḏîm ’el- yaḏ ’ăḏō·w·nê·hem kə·‘ê·nê šip̄·ḥāh ’el- yaḏ gə·ḇir·tāh kên ‘ê·nê·nū ’el- Yah·weh ’ĕ·lō·hê·nū ‘aḏ še·yə·ḥān·nê·nū — WLC · 2
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Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt.
𐤇𐤍𐤍𐤅 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤇𐤍𐤍𐤅 𐤊𐤉 𐤔𐤁𐤏𐤍𐤅 𐤓𐤁 𐤁𐤅𐤆
חָנֵּ֣נוּ יְהוָ֣ה חָנֵּ֑נוּ כִּֽי־ שָׂבַ֥עְנוּ רַ֝֗ב בֽוּז׃ ḥān·nê·nū Yah·weh ḥān·nê·nū kî- śā·ḇa‘·nū raḇ ḇūz — WLC · 3
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We have endured much scorn from the arrogant, much contempt from the proud.
𐤍𐤐𐤔𐤍𐤅 𐤔𐤁𐤏𐤄 𐤋𐤄 𐤓𐤁𐤕 𐤄𐤋𐤏𐤂 𐤄𐤔𐤀𐤍𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤄𐤁𐤅𐤆 𐤋𐤂𐤀𐤉𐤅𐤍𐤉𐤌
נַ֫פְשֵׁ֥נוּ שָֽׂבְעָה־ לָּ֪הּ רַבַּת֮ הַלַּ֥עַג הַשַּׁאֲנַנִּ֑ים הַ֝בּ֗וּז לִגְאֵ֥יוֹנִֽים׃ nap̄·šê·nū śā·ḇə·‘āh- lāh rab·baṯ hal·la·‘aḡ haš·ša·’ă·nan·nîm hab·būz liḡ·ʾē·yō·nīm — WLC · 4