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To You I have ^(C1)raised my eyes, You who ^(C2)are enthroned in the heavens!

Behold, as the eyes of ^(C1)servants look to the hand of their master, As the eyes of a female servant to the hand of her mistress, So our ^(C2)eyes look to the LORD our God, Until He is gracious to us.

^(C1)Be gracious to us, LORD, be gracious to us, For we have had much more than enough of ^(C2)contempt.

Our soul has had much more than enough Of the ^(C1)scoffing of ^(C2)those who are at ease, And of the ^(C3)contempt of the proud.

"^(C1)Had it not been the LORD who was on our side," ^(C2)Let Israel say,

"Had it not been the LORD who was on our side When people rose up against us,

Then they would have ^(C1)swallowed us alive, When their ^(C2)anger was kindled against us;

Then the ^(C1)waters would have flooded over us, The stream would have ^(F1)swept over our souls;

Then the ^(C1)raging waters would have ^(F1)swept over our souls."

Blessed be the LORD, Who has not given us ^(F1)to be ^(C1)torn by their teeth.

Our souls have ^(C1)escaped ^(C2)like a bird from the trapper's ^(C3)snare; The snare is broken and we have escaped.

Our ^(C1)help is in the name of the LORD, Who ^(C2)made heaven and earth.

Those who trust in the LORD Are like Mount Zion, which ^(C1)cannot be moved but ^(C2)remains forever.

As the mountains surround Jerusalem, So ^(C1)the LORD surrounds His people ^(C2)From this time and forever.

For the ^(C1)scepter of wickedness will not rest upon the ^(F1)land of the righteous, So that the righteous ^(C2)will not extend their hands to do wrong.

^(C1)Do good, LORD, to those who are good And to those who are ^(C2)upright in their hearts.

But as for those who ^(C1)turn aside to their ^(C2)crooked ways, The LORD will lead them away with those who ^(C3)practice injustice. ^(C4)Peace be upon Israel.