Ad te levavi. A prayer in affliction, with confidence in God. A gradual canticle.

[1] To thee have I lifted up my eyes, who dwellest in heaven. [2] Behold as the eyes of the servants are on the hands of their masters, As the eyes of the handmaid are on the hands of her mistress: so are our eyes unto the Lord our God, until he have mercy on us. [3] Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: for we are greatly filled with contempt. [4] For our soul is greatly filled: we are a reproach to the rich, and contempt to the proud.