23 (A)I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not in himself,
    that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
24 (B)Correct me, O Lord, but in justice;
    not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.

25 (C)Pour out your wrath on the nations that know you not,
    and on the peoples that call not on your name,
(D)for they have devoured Jacob;
    they have devoured him and consumed him,
    and have laid waste his habitation.

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Jeremiah’s Prayer

23 Lord, I know that people’s lives are not their own;
    it is not for them to direct their steps.(A)
24 Discipline me, Lord, but only in due measure—
    not in your anger,(B)
    or you will reduce me to nothing.(C)
25 Pour out your wrath on the nations(D)
    that do not acknowledge you,
    on the peoples who do not call on your name.(E)
For they have devoured(F) Jacob;
    they have devoured him completely
    and destroyed his homeland.(G)

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