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And no one who dwells there will say, "I am sick";The people who inhabit there will be forgiven their iniquity.

I said, "In the middle of my lifeI 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 chirped;I moan like a dove;My eyes look wistfully to the heights;O Lord, I am oppressed, be my security.

Who has worked and done it,Calling forth the generations from the beginning?‘I, Yahweh, 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 make you mighty, surely I will help you;Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.'

For I am Yahweh your God, who strongly takes hold of your right hand,Who says to you, ‘Do not fear, I will help you.'

"I am Yahweh, I have called You in righteousness;I will also take hold of You by the hand and guard You,And I will give You as a covenant to the people,As a light to the nations,

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

For I am Yahweh your God,The Holy One of Israel, your Savior;I have given Egypt as your ransom,Ethiopia and Seba in your place.

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

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

I, even I, am Yahweh,And there is no savior besides Me.

It is I who have declared and saved and caused it to be heard,And there was no strange god among you;So you are My witnesses," declares Yahweh,"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 Yahweh, 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 Yahweh's';And this one will call on the name of Jacob;And this one will write on his hand, ‘Belonging to Yahweh,'And will name Israel's name with honor.

"Thus says Yahweh, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, Yahweh of hosts:‘I am the first, and I am the last,And there is no God besides Me.

Half of it he burns in the fire; over this half he eats meat as he roasts a roast and is satisfied. He also warms himself and says, "Aha! I am warm; I have seen the fire."

Thus says Yahweh, your Redeemer, and the one who formed you from the womb,"I, Yahweh, am the maker of all things,Stretching out the heavens by MyselfAnd spreading out the earth all alone,