[A Song of degrees.] Unto thee lift I up mine eyes,… [A Song of degrees] Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. Behold, 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. Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, {and} with the contempt of the proud. [A Song of degrees of David.] If {it had not been} the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say; If {it had not been} the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us: Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: