| English Standard Version | New International Version |
| 1To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens! | 1A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to you, to you who sit enthroned in heaven. |
| 2Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, till he has mercy upon us. | 2As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a female slave look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, till he shows us his mercy. |
| 3Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us, for we have had more than enough of contempt. | 3Have mercy on us, LORD, have mercy on us, for we have endured no end of contempt. |
| 4Our soul has had more than enough of the scorn of those who are at ease, of the contempt of the proud. | 4We have endured no end of ridicule from the arrogant, of contempt from the proud. |
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