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Unto Thee LORD I lift up my eyes, O You that dwellest in Heaven.
Behold, as the eyes of servants look onto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon The LORD our God, until when God has mercy on us.
Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us.
Ner·cy/ˈmərsē/noun
- Compassion or forgiveness shown toward someone whom it is within one’s power to punish or harm. “The boy was screaming and begging for mercy” Similar:Leniency,lenience,clemency,compassion,grace,pity,charity,forgiveness,forbearance,quarter,humanity,humaneness,humanitarianism,mildness,soft-heartedness,tender-heartedness,kindness,sympathy,liberality,indulgence,tolerance,generosity,magnanimity,beneficence. Opposite:Ruthlessness,cruelty,inhumanity
for we are exceedingly filled with contempt (The feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn.) Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
