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I am small and of no account; but I keep your orders in mind.

In the night watches I am awake, so that I may give thought to your saying.

I am delighted by your saying, like a man who makes discovery of great wealth.

I am full of hate and disgust for false words; but I am a lover of your law.

Sorrow is mine because I am strange in Meshech, and living in the tents of Kedar.

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

I am waiting for the Lord, my soul is waiting for him, and my hope is in his word.

You have knowledge when I am seated and when I get up, you see my thoughts from far away.

I am shut in by you on every side, and you have put your hand on me.

I will give you praise, for I am strangely and delicately formed; your works are great wonders, and of this my soul is fully conscious.

If I made up their number, it would be more than the grains of sand; when I am awake, I am still with you.

I am certain that the Lord will take care of the cause of the poor, and of the rights of those who are troubled.

Give ear to my cry, for I am made very low: take me out of the hands of my haters, for they are stronger than I.

Let the story of your mercy come to me in the morning, for my hope is in you: give me knowledge of the way in which I am to go; for my soul is lifted up to you.

And in your mercy put an end to my haters, and send destruction on all those who are against my soul; for I am your servant.

I am crying out to you, O men; my voice comes to the sons of men.

I, wisdom, have made wise behaviour my near relation; I am seen to be the special friend of wise purposes.

Who is able to say, I have made my heart clean, I am free from my sin?

So is the man who gets the better of his neighbour by deceit, and says, Am I not doing so in sport?

The words of Agur, the son of Jakeh, from Massa. The man says: I am full of weariness, O God, I am full of weariness; O God, I have come to an end: