| New King James Version | NET Bible |
| 1A Song of Ascents. Unto You I lift up my eyes, O You who dwell in the heavens. | 1A song of ascents. I look up toward you, the one enthroned in heaven. |
| 2Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, So our eyes look to the LORD our God, Until He has mercy on us. | 2Look, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a female servant look to the hand of her mistress, so my eyes will look to the LORD, our God, until he shows us favor. |
| 3Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy on us! For we are exceedingly filled with contempt. | 3Show us favor, O LORD, show us favor! For we have had our fill of humiliation, and then some. |
| 4Our soul is exceedingly filled With the scorn of those who are at ease, With the contempt of the proud. | 4We have had our fill of the taunts of the self-assured, of the contempt of the proud. |
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