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O LORD, truly I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have loosed my bonds.

I am a stranger in the earth; Do not hide Your commandments from me.

I am a companion of all who fear You, And of those who keep Your precepts.

I am Yours, save me; For I have sought Your precepts.

I am afflicted very much; Revive me, O LORD, according to Your word.

My flesh trembles for fear of You, And I am afraid of Your judgments.

I am Your servant; Give me understanding, That I may know Your testimonies.

I am small and despised, Yet I do not forget Your precepts.

I see the treacherous, and am disgusted, Because they do not keep Your word.

I am for peace; But when I speak, they are for war.

I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; [fn] Marvelous are Your works,And that my soul knows very well.

If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand; When I awake, I am still with You.

Attend to my cry, For I am brought very low; Deliver me from my persecutors, For they are stronger than I.

In Your mercy cut off my enemies, And destroy all those who afflict my soul; For I am Your servant.

Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom; I am understanding, I have strength.

Who can say, "I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin"?

Surely I am more stupid than any man, And do not have the understanding of a man.

I am dark, but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, Like the tents of Kedar, Like the curtains of Solomon.

Do not look upon me, because I am dark, Because the sun has tanned me. My mother's sons were angry with me; They made me the keeper of the vineyards, But my own vineyard I have not kept.

I am the rose of Sharon, And the lily of the valleys.