Psalms 123

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 A song of ascents. To you I raise my eyes, to you enthroned in heaven.	1 A Canticle in steps. If the Lord had not been with us, let Israel now say it:
2 Yes, like the eyes of a servant on the hand of his master, Like the eyes of a maid on the hand of her mistress, So our eyes are on the LORD our God, till we are shown favor.	2 if the Lord had not been with us, when men rose up against us,
3 Show us favor, LORD, show us favor, for we have our fill of contempt.	3 perhaps they would have swallowed us alive. When their fury was enraged against us,
4 We have our fill of insult from the insolent, of disdain from the arrogant.	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.