I perceive that ye are weak

I perceive that ye are weak, that ye cannot understand all my words which I am commanded of the Father to speak unto you at this time.

3 Nephi 17:21

When I was young and cocky all the world was mine to see;

my prospects were enormous, full of possibility.

I understood, or thought I did, my place in time and space.

I'd conquer ev'ry problem and would win each ordained race.

But now my palsied intellect is humbled; I confess

I'm not the man I used to be -- or ever was, I guess.

I'm comprehending more and more how fallible I am,

and that without the help of God my wits are but a sham.