1I look up toward you,
the one enthroned in heaven.

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.

3Show us favor, O Lord, show us favor!
For we have had our fill of humiliation, and then some.

4We have had our fill
of the taunts of the self-assured,
of the contempt of the proud.