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23 Yahweh, I know that the way of man is not in himself.
    It is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
24 Yahweh, correct me, but gently;
    not in your anger,
    lest you reduce me to nothing.
25 Pour out your wrath on the nations that don’t know you,
    and on the families that don’t call on your name;
for they have devoured Jacob.
    Yes, they have devoured him, 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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