OLORD,surelyI am Your servant,I am Your servant,the sonof Your handmaid,You have loosedmy bonds.
"O LORD,for Your servant'ssake,and according to Your own heart,You have wroughtallthisgreatness,to makeknownallthese greatthings.
I am Your servant;giveme understanding,That I may knowYour testimonies.
And in Your lovingkindness,cutoffmy enemiesAnd destroyallthose who afflictmy soul,For I am Your servant.
Turnto me, and be graciousto me; Oh grantYour strengthto Your servant,And savethe sonof Your handmaid.
The Spiritof the LordGODis upon me, Becausethe LORDhas anointedme To bringgood newsto the afflicted;He has sentme to bindup the brokenhearted,To proclaimlibertyto captivesAnd freedomto prisoners;
"IfanyoneservesMe, he must followMe; and whereI am,thereMy servantwill be also;ifanyoneservesMe, the Fatherwill honorhim.
"For thisvery nightan angelof the Godto whomI belongand whomI servestood beforeme,
But nowhaving been freedfrom sinand enslavedto God,you deriveyour benefit,resultingin sanctification,and the outcome,eternallife.
James,a bond-servantof Godand of the LordJesusChrist,To the twelvetribeswhoare dispersedabroad: Greetings.
