Prayer for the Lord’s Help.

1
Unto you I lift up my eyes,

O You who are enthroned in the heavens!
2

Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master,
And as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,
So our eyes look to the Lord our God,
Until He is gracious and favorable toward us.
3

Be gracious to us, O Lord, be gracious and favorable toward us,
For we are greatly filled with contempt.
4

Our soul is greatly filled
With the scoffing of those who are at ease,
And with the contempt of the proud [who disregard God’s law].