¹Canticum graduum.A Canticle in steps.Ad te levavi oculos meos,I have lifted up my eyes to you,qui habitas in cælis.who dwells in the heavens.

¹Canticum graduum.A Canticle in steps.Ad te levavi oculos meos,I have lifted up my eyes to you,qui habitas in cælis.who dwells in the heavens.

²Ecce sicut oculi servorum in manibus dominorum suorum;Behold, as the eyes of the servants are on the hands of their masters,sicut oculi ancillæ in manibus dominæ suæ: ita oculi nostri ad Dominum Deum nostrum,as the eyes of the handmaid are on the hands of her mistress, so our eyes are upon the Lord our God,donec misereatur nostri.until he may be merciful to us.

²Ecce sicut oculi servorum in manibus dominorum suorum;Behold, as the eyes of the servants are on the hands of their masters,sicut oculi ancillæ in manibus dominæ suæ: ita oculi nostri ad Dominum Deum nostrum,as the eyes of the handmaid are on the hands of her mistress, so our eyes are upon the Lord our God,donec misereatur nostri.until he may be merciful to us.

³Miserere nostri,Have mercy on us,Domine,O Lord,miserere nostri,have mercy on us.quia multum repleti sumus despectione;For we have been filled with utter disdain.

³Miserere nostri,Have mercy on us,Domine,O Lord,miserere nostri,have mercy on us.quia multum repleti sumus despectione;For we have been filled with utter disdain.

⁴quia multum repleta est anima nostra opprobrium abundantibus,For our soul has been greatly filled.et despectio superbis.We are the disgrace of those who have abundance and the disdain of the arrogant.

⁴quia multum repleta est anima nostra opprobrium abundantibus,For our soul has been greatly filled.et despectio superbis.We are the disgrace of those who have abundance and the disdain of the arrogant.