<p class="poetry">I, I am the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">and there is no deliverer besides me.p>

<p class="bodytext">Amos replied<n id="1" /> to Amaziah, &#8220;I was not a prophet by profession.<n id="2" /> No,<n id="3" /> I was a herdsman who also took care of<n id="4" /> sycamore fig trees.<n id="5" />

<p class="poetry">Hear, O kings!p> <p class="poetry">Pay attention, O rulers!p> <p class="poetry">I will sing to the <sc>Lordsc>!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will sing<n id="2" /> to the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel!p>

<p class="poetry">I, I am the one who blots out your rebellious deeds for my sake;p> <p class="poetry">your sins I do not remember.p>

Instead he will say, &#8216;I am no prophet &#8211; indeed, I am a farmer, for a man has made me his indentured servant since my youth.&#8217;<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">Abraham said, &#8220;I swear to do this.&#8221;<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;I am the servant of Abraham,&#8221; he began.

<p class="poetry">If I am guilty,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">why then<n id="2" /> weary myself<n id="3" /> in vain?<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">May my thoughts<n id="1" /> be pleasing to him!p> <p class="poetry">I will rejoice in the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<p class="poetry">I am insignificant and despised,p> <p class="poetry">yet I do not forget your precepts.p>

<p class="poetry">Then the guard<n id="1" /> cries out:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;On the watchtower, O sovereign master,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I stand all day long;p> <p class="poetry">at my postp> <p class="poetry">I am stationed every night.p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;I, I am the one who consoles you.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Why are you afraid of mortal men,p> <p class="poetry">of mere human beings who are as short-lived as grass?<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Take note &#8211; I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:<n id="1" />

He asked me, &#8216;Who are you?&#8217; I told him, &#8216;I&#8217;m<n id="1" /> an Amalekite.&#8217;

The woman conceived and then sent word to David saying, &#8220;I&#8217;m pregnant.&#8221;p>

&#8220;I am about to die.<n id="1" /> Be strong and become a man!

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;How much less,<n id="1" /> then, can I answer him<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and choose my words<n id="3" /> to argue<n id="4" /> with<n id="5" /> him!<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">Then<n id="1" /> would I speak and not fear him,p> <p class="poetry">but it is not so with me.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">What you know,<n id="1" /> I<n id="2" /> know also;p> <p class="poetry">I am not inferior<n id="3" /> to you!p>

<p class="poetry">I was a father<n id="1" /> to the needy,p> <p class="poetry">and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;p>