¹Til þín hef ég augu mín, þú sem situr á himnum.

¹To you I do lift up my eyes, you who sit in the heavens.

²Eins og augu þjónanna mæna á hönd húsbónda síns, eins og augu ambáttarinnar mæna á hönd húsmóður sinnar, svo mæna augu vor á Drottin, Guð vorn, uns hann líknar oss.

²Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes look to Yahweh, our God, until he has mercy on us.

³Líkna oss, Drottinn, líkna oss, því að vér höfum fengið meira en nóg af spotti.Sál vor hefir fengið meira en nóg af háði hrokafullra, af spotti dramblátra.

³Have mercy on us, Yahweh, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt.

⁴Sál vor hefir fengið meira en nóg af háði hrokafullra, af spotti dramblátra.

⁴Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud.