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³²Nobles shall come out of Egypt;

Ethiopia shall hasten to stretch out her hands unto God.

 

³³Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth;

O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah

³⁴To Him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which are of old;

Lo, He uttereth His voice, a mighty voice.

³⁵Ascribe ye strength unto God;

His majesty is over Israel,

And His strength is in the skies.

³⁶Awful is God out of thy holy places;

The God of Israel, He giveth strength and power unto the people;

Blessed be God.

69 For the Leader; upon Shoshannim. [A Psalm] of David.

²Save me, O God;

For the waters are come in even unto the soul.

³I am sunk in deep mire, where there is no standing;

I am come into deep waters, and the flood overwhelmeth me.

⁴I am weary of my crying; my throat is dried;

Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

⁵They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head;

They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are many;

Should I restore that which I took not away?

⁶O God, Thou knowest my folly;

And my trespasses are not hid from Thee.

⁷Let not them that wait for Thee be ashamed through me, O Lord God of hosts;

Let not those that seek Thee be brought to confusion through me, O God of Israel.

 

⁸Because for Thy sake I have borne reproach;

Confusion hath covered my face.

⁹I am become a stranger unto my brethren,

And an alien unto my mother's children.

¹⁰Because zeal for Thy house hath eaten me up,

And the reproaches of them that reproach Thee are fallen upon me.

¹¹And I wept with my soul with fasting,

And that became unto me a reproach.

¹²I made sackcloth also my garment,

And I became a byword unto them.

¹³They that sit in the gate talk of me;

And I am the song of the drunkards.

 

¹⁴But as for me, let my prayer be unto Thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time;

O God, in the abundance of Thy mercy,

Answer me with the truth of Thy salvation.

¹⁵Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink;

Let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

¹⁶Let not the waterflood overwhelm me,

Neither let the deep swallow me up;

And let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

¹⁷Answer me, O Lord, for Thy mercy is good;

According to the multitude of Thy compassions turn Thou unto me.

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