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Sustain me with cakes of raisins, Refresh me with apples, For I am lovesick.

My beloved is mine, and I am his. He feeds his flock among the lilies.

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, That you tell him I am lovesick!

I am my beloved's, And my beloved is mine. He feeds his flock among the lilies.

I am my beloved's, And his desire is toward me.

I am a wall, And my breasts like towers; Then I became in his eyes As one who found peace.

Your New Moons and your appointed feasts My soul hates; They are a trouble to Me, I am weary of bearing them.

So I said: "Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, And I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the King, The LORD of hosts."

Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: "Whom shall I send, And who will go for Us?" Then I said, "Here am I! Send me."

Here am I and the children whom the LORD has given me! We are for signs and wonders in Israel From the LORD of hosts, Who dwells in Mount Zion.

For he says: "By the strength of my hand I have done it, And by my wisdom, for I am prudent; Also I have removed the boundaries of the people, And have robbed their treasuries; So I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man.

Surely the princes of Zoan are fools; Pharaoh's wise counselors give foolish counsel. How do you say to Pharaoh, "I am the son of the wise, The son of ancient kings?"

From the ends of the earth we have heard songs: "Glory to the righteous!" But I said, "I am ruined, ruined! Woe to me! The treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously, Indeed, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously."

Then the book is delivered to one who is illiterate, saying, "Read this, please." And he says, "I am not literate."

And the inhabitant will not say, "I am sick"; The people who dwell in it will be forgiven their iniquity.

I said, "In the prime of my life I shall go to the gates of Sheol; I am deprived of the remainder of my years."

Like a crane or a swallow, so I chattered;I mourned like a dove;My eyes fail from looking upward.O Lord, [fn] I am oppressed;Undertake for me!

Who has performed and done it, Calling the generations from the beginning? "I, the LORD, am the first; And with the last I am He."'

Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.'

I am the LORD, that is My name; And My glory I will not give to another, Nor My praise to carved images.