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I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging their bread.

I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

I am faint and sore bruised: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

But I, as a deaf man, hear not; and I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.

LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; let me know how frail I am.

Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.

Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

Then said I, Lo, I am come; in the roll of the book it is written of me:

For innumerable evils have compassed me about, mine iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head, and my heart hath failed me.

But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.

Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify unto thee: I am God, even thy God.

But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.

Attend unto me, and answer me: I am restless in my complaint, and moan;

What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee.

I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.