Prayer in Time of Spiritual Need
A song of ascents.
I lift up my eyes to you, to you who are enthroned in heaven. Behold, as the eyes of servants are on the hand of their master,
or as the eyes of a maid focus on the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on the Lord, our God, as we wait for him to show us his mercy.
Show us your mercy, O Lord, show us your mercy, for we have suffered more than our share of contempt.
We have had to suffer far too long the insults of the haughty and the contempt of the arrogant.