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Psalms 122
Septuagint (Brenton, 1851) 122 compared with King James Version 123
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1A Song of Degrees. Unto thee who dwellest in heaven have I lifted up mine eyes.
1Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
2Behold, as the eyes of servants [are directed] to the hands of their masters, [and] as the eyes of a maid-servant to the hands of her mistress; so our eyes [are directed] to the Lord our God, until he have mercy upon us.
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 pity upon us, O Lord, have pity upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
3Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
4[Yea], our soul has been exceedingly filled [with it]: [let] the reproach [be] to them that are at ease, and contempt to the proud.
4Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.