Psalms 123

KING JAMES BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.	1 A Canticle in steps. If the Lord had not been with us, let Israel now say it:
2 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.	2 if the Lord had not been with us, when men rose up against us,
3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.	3 perhaps they would have swallowed us alive. When their fury was enraged against us,
4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.	4 perhaps the waters would have engulfed us.
	5 Our soul has passed through a torrent. Perhaps, our soul had even passed through intolerable water.
	6 Blessed is the Lord, who has not given us into the harm of their teeth.
	7 Our soul has been snatched away like a sparrow from the snare of the hunters. The snare has been broken, and we have been freed.
	8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.