1Ein Wallfahrtslied, gesungen auf dem Weg hinauf nach Jerusalem.[1] Zu dir, der du im Himmel thronst, richte ich meinen Blick empor. Ja, wie die Augen der Knechte auf den Wink ihres Herrn warten (Ps 120,1)2und die Augen der Magd auf ein Handzeichen ihrer Herrin, so richten wir unsere Augen auf den HERRN, unseren Gott, bis er uns Gnade erweist.3Sei uns allen gnädig, HERR, sei uns gnädig! Denn wir haben mehr als genug Verachtung erfahren müssen.4Aus tiefster Seele haben wir es satt, den Hohn der Stolzen und den Spott der Selbstherrlichen zu ertragen.
A song for those who go up to Jerusalem to worship the Lord.
1I look up and pray to you. Your throne is in heaven.2Slaves depend on their masters. A female slave depends on the woman she works for. In the same way, we depend on the LORD our God. We wait for him to have mercy on us.3LORD, have mercy on us. Have mercy on us, because people haven’t stopped making fun of us.4We have had to put up with a lot from those who are proud. They were always laughing at us.
1A Song of Ascents. To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens! (Ps 2,4; Ps 25,15; Ps 120,1; Ps 121,1; Ps 141,8)2Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God, till he has mercy upon us.3Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us, for we have had more than enough of contempt. (Neh 4,4; Ps 4,1)4Our soul has had more than enough of the scorn of those who are at ease, of the contempt of the proud. (Neh 2,19; Ps 119,51; Jes 32,9; Jes 32,11; Am 6,1)