How long must I take (A)counsel in my soul
    and have sorrow in my heart all the day?
How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

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How long must I wrestle with my thoughts(A)
    and day after day have sorrow in my heart?
    How long will my enemy triumph over me?(B)

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(A)Rejoice not over me, O (B)my enemy;
    (C)when I fall, I shall rise;
(D)when I sit in darkness,
    the Lord will be a light to me.
(E)I will bear the indignation of the Lord
    because I have sinned against him,
until (F)he pleads my cause
    and executes judgment for me.
(G)He will bring me out to the light;
    I shall look upon his vindication.
10 Then (H)my enemy will see,
    and shame will cover her who (I)said to me,
    “Where is the Lord your God?”
(J)My eyes will look upon her;
    now she will be trampled down
    (K)like the mire of the streets.

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Israel Will Rise

Do not gloat over me,(A) my enemy!
    Though I have fallen, I will rise.(B)
Though I sit in darkness,
    the Lord will be my light.(C)
Because I have sinned against him,
    I will bear the Lord’s wrath,(D)
until he pleads my case(E)
    and upholds my cause.
He will bring me out into the light;(F)
    I will see his righteousness.(G)
10 Then my enemy will see it
    and will be covered with shame,(H)
she who said to me,
    “Where is the Lord your God?”(I)
My eyes will see her downfall;(J)
    even now she will be trampled(K) underfoot
    like mire in the streets.

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Jeremiah Grieves for His People

18 My joy is gone; grief is upon me;[a]
    (A)my heart is sick within me.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 8:18 Compare Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

18 You who are my Comforter[a] in sorrow,
    my heart is faint(A) within me.

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  1. Jeremiah 8:18 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

18 Why is my pain unceasing,
    (A)my wound incurable,
    refusing to be healed?
Will you be to me (B)like a deceitful brook,
    like waters that fail?

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

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For the enemy has pursued my soul;
    (A)he has crushed my life to the ground;
    (B)he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.
Therefore my spirit (C)faints within me;
    my heart within me is appalled.

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The enemy pursues me,
    he crushes me to the ground;
he makes me dwell in the darkness(A)
    like those long dead.(B)
So my spirit grows faint within me;
    my heart within me is dismayed.(C)

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(A)Her foes have become the head;
    her (B)enemies prosper,
because (C)the Lord has afflicted her
    (D)for the multitude of her transgressions;
(E)her children have gone away,
    captives before the foe.

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Her foes have become her masters;
    her enemies are at ease.
The Lord has brought her grief(A)
    because of her many sins.(B)
Her children have gone into exile,(C)
    captive before the foe.(D)

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17 Moreover, all his days he (A)eats in darkness in much vexation and sickness and anger.

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17 All their days they eat in darkness,
    with great frustration, affliction and anger.

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13 (A)A glad heart makes a cheerful face,
    but by (B)sorrow of heart the spirit is (C)crushed.

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13 A happy heart makes the face cheerful,(A)
    but heartache crushes the spirit.(B)

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(A)Look to the (B)right and see:
    (C)there is none who takes notice of me;
(D)no refuge remains to me;
    no one cares for my soul.

I cry to you, O Lord;
    I say, “You are my (E)refuge,
    my (F)portion in (G)the land of the living.”
(H)Attend to my cry,
    for (I)I am brought very low!
Deliver me from my persecutors,
    (J)for they are too strong for me!
(K)Bring me out of prison,
    that I may give thanks to your name!
The righteous will surround me,
    for you will (L)deal bountifully with me.

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Look and see, there is no one at my right hand;
    no one is concerned for me.
I have no refuge;(A)
    no one cares(B) for my life.

I cry to you, Lord;
    I say, “You are my refuge,(C)
    my portion(D) in the land of the living.”(E)

Listen to my cry,(F)
    for I am in desperate need;(G)
rescue me(H) from those who pursue me,
    for they are too strong(I) for me.
Set me free from my prison,(J)
    that I may praise your name.(K)
Then the righteous will gather about me
    because of your goodness to me.(L)

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(A)Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us,
    for we have had more than enough of (B)contempt.
Our soul has had more than enough
    of (C)the scorn of (D)those who are at ease,
    of the contempt of (E)the proud.

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Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us,
    for we have endured no end of contempt.
We have endured no end
    of ridicule from the arrogant,
    of contempt from the proud.

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“Behold, (A)I go forward, but he is not there,
    and backward, but I do not perceive him;
on the left hand when he is working, I do not behold him;
    he turns to the right hand, but I do not see him.
10 But he (B)knows (C)the way that I (D)take;
    when he has (E)tried me, I shall come out as gold.

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“But if I go to the east, he is not there;
    if I go to the west, I do not find him.
When he is at work in the north, I do not see him;
    when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.(A)
10 But he knows the way that I take;(B)
    when he has tested me,(C) I will come forth as gold.(D)

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15 (A)If I am guilty, woe to me!
    If I am (B)in the right, I cannot lift up my head,
for I am filled with disgrace
    and (C)look on my affliction.

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15 If I am guilty(A)—woe to me!(B)
    Even if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head,(C)
for I am full of shame
    and drowned in[a] my affliction.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 10:15 Or and aware of

27 Indeed he was ill, near to death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

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27 Indeed he was ill, and almost died. But God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow.

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