Prayer for Yahweh’s Action in the Face of Scorn

A song of ascents.

1 I lift up my eyes to you,

the one enthronedin the heavens.

2 Behold, as the eyes of servants

look to the hand of their master,

as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,

so our eyes look to Yahweh our God,

until he is gracious to us.

3 Be gracious to us, O Yahweh, be gracious to us,

for long enough we have had our fill of contempt.

4 For long enough our soul has had its fill of

the derision of the self-confident,

the contempt of the arrogant.