| King James Bible | NET Bible |
| 1A Song of degrees. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. | 1A song of ascents. I look up toward you, the one enthroned in heaven. |
| 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. | 2Look, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a female servant look to the hand of her mistress, so my eyes will look to the LORD, our God, until he shows us favor. |
| 3Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. | 3Show us favor, O LORD, show us favor! For we have had our fill of humiliation, and then some. |
| 4Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud. | 4We have had our fill of the taunts of the self-assured, of the contempt of the proud. |
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