Jeremiah 15:15-21 (Today's New International Version)

¹⁵ LORD, you understand;
       remember me and care for me.
       Avenge me on my persecutors.
       You are long-suffering—do not take me away;
       think of how I suffer reproach for your sake.

    ¹⁶ When your words came, I ate them;
       they were my joy and my heart's delight,
       for I bear your name,
       LORD God Almighty.

    ¹⁷ I never sat in the company of revelers,
       never made merry with them;
       I sat alone because your hand was on me
       and you had filled me with indignation.

    ¹⁸ Why is my pain unending
       and my wound grievous and incurable?
       You are to me like a deceptive brook,
       like a spring that fails.

    ¹⁹ Therefore this is what the LORD says:
       "If you repent, I will restore you
       that you may serve me;
       if you utter worthy, not worthless, words,
       you will be my spokesman.
       Let this people turn to you,
       but you must not turn to them.

    ²⁰ I will make you a wall to this people,
       a fortified wall of bronze;
       they will fight against you
       but will not overcome you,
       for I am with you
       to rescue and save you,"
       declares the LORD.

    ²¹ "I will save you from the hands of the wicked
       and deliver you from the grasp of the cruel."