Psalms 124

DOUAI-RHEIMS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 To thee have I lifted up my eyes, who dwellest in heaven.	1 A Canticle in steps. Those who trust in the Lord will be like the mountain of Zion. He will not be disturbed for eternity, who dwells
2 Behold as the eyes of the servants are on the hands of their masters, As the eyes of the handmaid are on the hands of her mistress: so are our eyes unto the Lord our God, until he have mercy on us.	2 in Jerusalem. Mountains surround it. And the Lord surrounds his people, from this time forward and even forever.
3 Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: for we are greatly filled with contempt.	3 For the Lord will not allow the rod of sinners to remain over the lot of the just, so that the just may not extend their hands toward iniquity.
4 For our soul is greatly filled: we are a reproach to the rich, and contempt to the proud.	4 Do good, O Lord, to the good and to the upright of heart.
	5 But those who turn away into obligation, the Lord will lead away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.