To thee devoutly I look up,

To thee devoutly pray.

Dr. Watts, who gives the Christian meaning of this Psalm, translates or paraphrases thus truly:—

Lord in the morning thou shall hear

My voice ascending high,

To thee will I direct my pray'r,

To thee lift up mine eye.

Up to the hills where Christ is gone

To plead for all his Saints,

Presenting at his father's throne,