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15 My eyes are ever upon the Lord,
    who frees my feet from the snare.(A)

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15 My eyes are ever on the Lord,(A)
    for only he will release my feet from the snare.(B)

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Psalm 123[a]

Reliance on the Lord

A song of ascents.

To you I raise my eyes,
    to you enthroned in heaven.(A)
Yes, like the eyes of servants
    on the hand of their masters,
Like the eyes of a maid
    on the hand of her mistress,
So our eyes are on the Lord our God,
    till we are shown favor.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 123 A lament that begins as a prayer of an individual (Ps 123:1), who expresses by a touching comparison exemplary confidence in God (Ps 123:2). The Psalm ends in prayer that God relieve the people’s humiliation at the hands of the arrogant (Ps 123:3–4).

Psalm 123

A song of ascents.

I lift up my eyes to you,
    to you who sit enthroned(A) in heaven.
As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master,
    as the eyes of a female slave look to the hand of her mistress,
so our eyes look to the Lord(B) our God,
    till he shows us his mercy.

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