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22 Listen! A noise! It’s coming closer!
A great uproar from the land to the north,
to make the cities of Y’hudah desolate,
a place for jackals to live.
23 Adonai, I know that the way of humans
is not in their control,
humans are not able
to direct their steps as they walk.
24 Adonai, correct me, but in moderation,
not in your anger, or you’ll reduce me to nothing.

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22 A voice, a rumor! Behold, it comes!—
    (A)a great commotion out of the north country
to make (B)the cities of Judah a desolation,
    (C)a lair of jackals.

23 (D)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 (E)Correct me, O Lord, but in justice;
    not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.

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22 Listen! The report is coming—
    a great commotion from the land of the north!(A)
It will make the towns of Judah desolate,(B)
    a haunt of jackals.(C)

Jeremiah’s Prayer

23 Lord, I know that people’s lives are not their own;
    it is not for them to direct their steps.(D)
24 Discipline me, Lord, but only in due measure—
    not in your anger,(E)
    or you will reduce me to nothing.(F)

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