1A song of the ascents. I have lifted my eyes to you who dwell in the heavens.2Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their lord, and as the eyes of a maidservant look to her lady's hand, so our eyes look to the LORD our God until he grants us favor.3Be gracious to us, O LORD; be gracious to us, for we have had our fill of contempt.4Our soul has had its fill of the derision of the secure and of the contempt of the proud.