Psalm 123
1 Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
1 Unto thee lift I | up mine | eyes, ||
O | thou that | dwellest • in the | heavens. ||
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; so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
2 Behold, even as the eyes of servants look unto the | 3 hand of their | masters, ||
and as the eyes of a | maiden • unto the | 3 hand of her | mistress, ||
even so our eyes wait upon the | Lord our | God, ||
un- | til he • have | mer•cy up- | on us. ||
3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
3 Have mercy upon us, O | Lord, have | mercy up•on us; ||
3 for | we are | utter•ly de- | spised. ||
4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
4 Our soul is filled with the scornful re- | proof • of the | wealthy, ||
and with the de- | 3 spitefulness | of the | proud. ||
About the Pointing
The text of the Coverdale Psalter follows the 1928 American Book of Common Prayer. The pointing, suitably adapted, is taken from Charles Macpherson, Edward C. Bairstow, and Percy C. Buck, The English Psalter (Novello & Co., 1925).