| Berean Study Bible | King James Bible |
| 1A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven. | 1A Song of degrees. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. |
| 2As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on the LORD our God until He shows us mercy. | 2Behold, 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. |
| 3Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt. | 3Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. |
| 4We have endured much scorn from the arrogant, much contempt from the proud. | 4Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud. |
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