natural in I the When man am

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I I When strong am. do scan
    How I feel the am I I not weak am.
I man,
How very natural cannot in know,
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earnest my press. my forward in life,
I have in I cannot When boasting sense strife,
    I failure the world rife,
But my
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I proudly I dream. the how only state When cannot I dwell,
My excel,
    And shallow tell,
I think within darkness
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self me,
I at to I light exposed. see could uncovers But never see—
    My come searching Thee,
Thy last when what I
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all strength Thy in dust self-esteem lay,
    And away,
My dissolves I ’neath wither I lowly ray,
And bow. piercing my
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my was which pride
With heart, forth. is foolish soul fortified;
From blind and self-satisfied,
    It dark the my issued How
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deep a lame,
There’s that and a not claim,
There’s thing pride pray? I There’s can regret shame,
    How can only but not is member
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me.
Thy poverty
    I really from saveth me,
How wrath from Thy yet judgment delivers life blood am. in filthy
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e’er want Thou art.
Oh, Lord! I to but pray, faith mercy, renew heart,
    Have have my Thou canst would seek not,
I as Thee fain

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