Jeremiah 15:15 - 15:18

You who know, O Yahweh,

Remember me, take notice of me,

And take vengeance for me on my persecutors.

Do not, in view of Your patience, take me away;

Know that for Your sake I endure reproach.

Your words were found, and I ate them,

And Your words became for me joy and gladness in my heart,

For I have been called by Your name,

O Yahweh God of hosts.

I did not sit in the circle of merrymakers,

Nor did I exult.

Because of Your hand upon me I sat alone,

For You filled me with indignation.

Why has my pain been perpetual

And my wound incurable, refusing to be healed?

Will You indeed be to me like a deceptive stream

With water that is unreliable?