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(A song for worship.)

A Prayer for Mercy

Our Lord and our God,
I turn my eyes to you,
    on your throne in heaven.
Servants look to their master,
but we will look to you,
    until you have mercy on us.

Please have mercy, Lord!
We have been insulted
    more than we can stand,
and we can't take more abuse
from those proud,
    conceited people.

Psalm 123

A song of ascents.

I lift up my eyes to you,
    to you who sit enthroned(A) in heaven.
As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master,
    as the eyes of a female slave look to the hand of her mistress,
so our eyes look to the Lord(B) our God,
    till he shows us his mercy.

Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us,
    for we have endured no end of contempt.
We have endured no end
    of ridicule from the arrogant,
    of contempt from the proud.