Psalm 123 - A Song of degrees
Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the
eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the Lord
our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we are
exceedingly filled with contempt.
Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease,
and with the contempt of the proud.
Psalm 124 - A Song of degrees of David
If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say;
If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the
snare is broken, and we are escaped.
Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.