| International Standard Version | New Living Translation |
| 1To you, who sit enthroned in heaven, I lift up my eyes. | 1I lift my eyes to you, O God, enthroned in heaven. |
| 2Consider this: as the eyes of a servant focus on what his master provides, and as the eyes of a female servant focus on what her mistress provides, so our eyes focus on the LORD our God, until he has mercy on us. | 2We keep looking to the LORD our God for his mercy, just as servants keep their eyes on their master, as a slave girl watches her mistress for the slightest signal. |
| 3Have mercy on us, LORD, have mercy, for we have had more than enough of contempt. | 3Have mercy on us, LORD, have mercy, for we have had our fill of contempt. |
| 4Our lives overflow with scorn from those who live at ease, with contempt from those who are proud. | 4We have had more than our fill of the scoffing of the proud and the contempt of the arrogant. |
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