诗123:1 朝圣之歌（原文作“往上行之歌”）。坐在天上的主啊！我向你举目。（本节在《马索拉抄本》包括细字标题）1
诗123:1 <A Song of the going up.> To you my eyes are lifted up, even to you whose seat is in the heavens.
诗123:2 仆人的眼睛怎样望着主人的手，婢女的眼睛怎样望着主母的手，我们的眼睛也照样望着耶和华我们的 神，直到他向我们施恩。
诗123:2 See! as the eyes of servants are turned to the hands of their masters, and the eyes of a servant-girl to her owner, so our eyes are waiting for the Lord our God, till he has mercy on us.
诗123:3 耶和华啊！求你向我们施恩，求你向我们施恩；因为我们饱受藐视，到了极点。
诗123:3 Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: for all men are looking down on us.
诗123:4 我们饱受那些安逸的人的嘲笑，和骄傲的人的藐视，到了极点。
诗123:4 For long enough have men of pride made sport of our soul.