Jeremiah 20:7-13
New American Standard Bible
Jeremiah’s Complaint
7 Lord, You persuaded me and I let myself be persuaded;
You have (A)overcome me and prevailed.
I have become a (B)laughingstock all day long;
Everyone (C)mocks me.
8 For each time I speak, I cry aloud;
I (D)proclaim violence and destruction,
Because for me the (E)word of the Lord has [a]resulted
In taunting and derision all day long.
9 But if I say, “I will not (F)remember Him
Nor speak anymore in His name,”
Then in (G)my heart it becomes like a burning fire
Shut up in my bones;
And I am tired of holding it in,
And (H)I cannot endure it.
10 For (I)I have heard the whispering of many,
“(J)Terror on every side!
(K)Denounce him; let’s denounce him!”
[b]All my (L)trusted friends,
Watching for my fall, say:
“Perhaps he will be persuaded, so that we may (M)prevail against him
And take our revenge on him.”
11 But the (N)Lord is with me like a powerful champion;
Therefore my (O)persecutors will stumble and not prevail.
They will be put to great shame because they have [c]failed,
An (P)everlasting disgrace that will not be forgotten.
12 Yet, Lord of armies, who (Q)tests the righteous,
Who sees the [d]mind and the heart;
Let me (R)see Your vengeance on them,
For (S)to You I have disclosed my cause.
13 (T)Sing to the Lord, praise the Lord!
For He has (U)saved the soul of the needy one
From the hand of evildoers.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 20:8 Lit become
- Jeremiah 20:10 Lit Every man of my peace
- Jeremiah 20:11 Lit not succeeded; or not acted wisely
- Jeremiah 20:12 Lit kidneys
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