1  To you ^xI lift up my eyes,

O you who are ^yenthroned in the heavens!

2  Behold, as the eyes of servants

look to the hand of their master,

as the eyes of a maidservant

to the hand of her mistress,

so our eyes look to the Lord our God,

till he has mercy upon us.

3  ^zHave mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us,

for we have had more than enough of contempt.

4  Our soul has had more than enough

of the scorn of ^athose who are at ease,

of the contempt of the proud.

1  O God, ^dthe nations have come into your inheritance;

they have defiled your holy temple;

they have laid Jerusalem in ^eruins.

2  They have given the ^fbodies of your servants

to the birds of the heavens for food,

the flesh of your faithful to the beasts of the earth.

3  They have poured out their blood like water

all around Jerusalem,

and there was ^gno one to bury them.

4  We have become a taunt to our neighbors,

^hmocked and derided by those around us.

5  ⁱHow long, O Lord? ^jWill you be angry forever?

Will your jealousy burn like fire?

6  ^kPour out your anger on the nations

that do not know you,

and on the kingdoms

that do not call upon your name!

7  ^lFor they have devoured Jacob

and laid waste his habitation.

8  Do not ^mremember against us our former iniquities;¹

let your compassion come speedily ⁿto meet us,

for we are brought very low.

9  ^oHelp us, O God of our salvation,

for the glory of your name;

deliver us, and ^patone for our sins,

^qfor your name’s sake!

10  Why should the nations say,

^r“Where is their God?”

Let the avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants

be known among the nations before our eyes!

11  ^sLet the groans of the prisoners come before you;

according to your great power, preserve those doomed to die!

12  Return ^tsevenfold into the lap of our neighbors

the taunts with which they have taunted you, O Lord!

13  But we your people, the ^usheep of your pasture,

^vwill give thanks to you forever;

from generation to generation we will recount your ^wpraise.