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For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

I am become also a reproach unto them: when they see me, they shake their head.

O LORD, truly I am thy servant: I am thy servant, the son of thine handmaid; thou hast loosed my bonds.

I am a sojourner in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.

Turn away my reproach whereof I am afraid; for thy judgments are good.

I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that observe thy precepts.

For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.

I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.

I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.

My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

I am thy servant, give me understanding; that I may know thy testimonies.

I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.

I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.

I will give thanks unto thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: wonderful are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.

And in thy lovingkindness cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul; for I am thy servant.

Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge: I am understanding; I have might.