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Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers; say to my soul: “I am your salvation.”

I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.

I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.

I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.

I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.

For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.

Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.

Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.

Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.

Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”

Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll:

But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.

“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”

“Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.

But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.

Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught

When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.

I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.

Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!

Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.

But I am in pain and distress; let Your salvation protect me, O God.

But I am poor and needy; hurry to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay.

Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.

For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.

Yet I am always with You; You hold my right hand.

You have kept my eyes from closing; I am too troubled to speak.

So I said, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”

I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.

A prayer of David. Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You are my God; save Your servant who trusts in You.

I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.

I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.

I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care.

You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.

From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.

I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.

I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.

In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.

For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.

I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.

I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.

I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.

I believed, therefore I said, “I am greatly afflicted.”

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

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

I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.

I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.

Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.

All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!

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

I am severely afflicted, O LORD; revive me through Your word.

I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies.

I am lowly and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts.

I am in favor of peace; but when I speak, they want war.

I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.

If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.

Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.

And in Your loving devotion, cut off my enemies. Destroy all who afflict me, for I am Your servant.

I am on the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly.”

Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”?

These are the words of Agur son of Jakeh—the burden that this man declared to Ithiel: “I am weary, O God, and worn out.

Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.

I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have neglected.

I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley.

Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.

My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.

O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.

I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. So I have become in his eyes like one who brings peace.

“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.

I hate your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.

On that day he will cry aloud: “I am not a healer. I have no food or clothing in my house. Do not make me leader of the people!”

Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled.

Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”

Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said: “Here am I. Send me!”

Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.

For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers.

The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?

Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.

Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.

From the ends of the earth we hear singing: “Glory to the Righteous One.” But I said, “I am wasting away! I am wasting away! Woe is me.” The treacherous betray; the treacherous deal in treachery.

From the ends of the earth we hear singing: “Glory to the Righteous One.” But I said, “I am wasting away! I am wasting away! Woe is me.” The treacherous betray; the treacherous deal in treachery.

I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can disturb it;

I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground.

And no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell there will be forgiven of iniquity.

I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”

Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last—I am He.”

Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.

Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.

For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.

I am the LORD; that is My name! I will not yield My glory to another or My praise to idols.

Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind like the servant of the LORD?

For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.

Do not be afraid, 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 consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will come.

I, yes I, am the LORD, and there is no Savior but Me.

I alone decreed and saved and proclaimed—I, and not some foreign god among you. So you are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “that I am God.

Even from eternity I am He, and none can deliver out of My hand. When I act, who can reverse it?”