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Then the lookout called, "O Lord, I stand continually by day on the watchtower, And I am stationed every night at my guard post.

"I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it every moment. So that no one will damage it, I guard it night and day.

Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested stone, A costly cornerstone for the foundation, firmly placed. He who believes in it will not be disturbed.

And no resident will say, "I am sick"; The people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity.

I said, "In the middle of my life I am to enter the gates of Sheol; I am to be deprived of the rest of my years."

"Like a swallow, like a crane, so I twitter; I moan like a dove; My eyes look wistfully to the heights; O Lord, I am oppressed, be my security.

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

'Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.'

"For I am the LORD your God, who upholds your right hand, Who says to you, 'Do not fear, I will help you.'

"I am the LORD, I have called You in righteousness, I will also hold You by the hand and watch over You, And I will appoint You as a covenant to the people, As a light to the nations,

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

"For I am the LORD your God, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I have given Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.

"Do not fear, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, And gather you from the west.

"You are My witnesses," declares the LORD, "And My servant whom I have chosen, So that you may know and believe Me And understand that I am He. Before Me there was no God formed, And there will be none after Me.

"I, even I, am the LORD, And there is no savior besides Me.

"It is I who have declared and saved and proclaimed, And there was no strange god among you; So you are My witnesses," declares the LORD, "And I am God.

"Even from eternity I am He, And there is none who can deliver out of My hand; I act and who can reverse it?"

"I am the LORD, your Holy One, The Creator of Israel, your King."

"I, even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake, And I will not remember your sins.

"This one will say, 'I am the LORD'S'; And that one will call on the name of Jacob; And another will write on his hand, 'Belonging to the LORD,' And will name Israel's name with honor.