068:028 Your God has commanded your strength. Strengthen, God, that which you have done for us. 068:029 Because of your temple at Jerusalem, kings shall bring presents to you. 068:030 Rebuke the wild animal of the reeds, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples. Being humbled, may it bring bars of silver. Scatter the nations that delight in war. 068:031 Princes shall come out of Egypt. Ethiopia shall hurry to stretch out her hands to God. 068:032 Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth! Sing praises to the Lord! Selah. 068:033 To him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which are of old; behold, he utters his voice, a mighty voice. 068:034 Ascribe strength to God! His excellency is over Israel, his strength is in the skies. 068:035 You are awesome, God, in your sanctuaries. The God of Israel gives strength and power to his people. Praise be to God! 069:001 <<For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Lilies." By David.>> Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck! 069:002 I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. 069:003 I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail, looking for my God. 069:004 Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn't take away. 069:005 God, you know my foolishness. My sins aren't hidden from you. 069:006 Don't let those who wait for you be shamed through me, Lord Yahweh of Armies. Don't let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, God of Israel. 069:007 Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face. 069:008 I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother's children. 069:009 For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me. 069:010 When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach. 069:011 When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them. 069:012 Those who sit in the gate talk about me. I am the song of the drunkards. 069:013 But as for me, my prayer is to you, Yahweh, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation. 069:014 Deliver me out of the mire, and don't let me sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters. 069:015 Don't let the flood waters overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up. Don't let the pit shut its mouth on me. 069:016 Answer me, Yahweh, for your loving kindness is good. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, turn to me. 069:017 Don't hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily!