Holy Scripture
Psalms 122:4
A church father on this verse
“"For there the tribes went up" [Psalm 122:4]. We were asking whither he ascends who has fallen; for we said, it is the voice of a man who is ascending, of the Church rising. Can we tell whither it ascends? Whither it goes? Whither it is raised? "Thither," he says, "the tribes went up." Whither? To "partaking in the Sa…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
4Yea, our soul has been exceedingly filled with it: Let the reproach be to them that are at ease, And contempt to the proud.
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2Behold, as the eyes of servants are directed to the hands of their masters, And as the eyes of a maidservant to the hands of her mistress; So our eyes are directed to the Lord our God, Until he have mercy upon us.
3Have pity upon us, O Lord, have pity upon us: For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
— Psalms 122:4 —