4 verses · English Standard Version · Essentially literal
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Psalms Chapter 123 contains 4 verses and is presented here in the English Standard Version (ESV), which uses a essentially literal approach. Read the full text below, compare with other translations, or navigate to any of the 150 chapters in Psalms.
1To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens!
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.
3Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us, for we have had more than enough of contempt.
4Our soul has had more than enough of the scorn of those who are at ease, of the contempt of the proud.
Psalms 123 in the English Standard Version (ESV) contains 4 verses. The ESV uses a essentially literal approach, first published in 2001 (rev. 2016).
The English Standard Version uses essentially literal, balancing accuracy with modern readability. Compare this with the NIV (dynamic equivalence) version of Psalms 123 for a different perspective.
Psalms Chapter 123 contains 4 verses in the English Standard Version. The book of Psalms has 150 chapters total.