123 (G24) GROUP II. PSALM (FIRST). DISTRESS.
| G24 | H | 1 | Prayer to Jehovah. | ||
| 1. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. | |||||
| J | 2∼ | As the eyes … look. | Compassion. | ||
| ∼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; | |||||
| J | ∼2 | So our eyes look. | Compassion. | ||
| 2∼. so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us. | |||||
| H | 3,4 | Prayer to Jehovah. | |||
| 3. Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. | |||||
| 4. Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud. |