Jeremiah 15:15-18

English Standard Version

^15 (A)O Lord, you know;
    ^(B)remember me and visit me,
    ^(C)(D)and take vengeance for me on my persecutors.
In your forbearance take me not away;
    ^(E)know that ^(F)for your sake I bear reproach.
¹⁶ Your words were found, ^(G)and I ate them,
    and ^(H)your words became to me a joy
    and the delight of my heart,
^(I)for I am called by your name,
    O Lord, God of hosts.
^17 (J)I did not sit in the company of revelers,
    nor did I rejoice;
^(K)I sat alone, because your hand was upon me,
    for you had filled me with indignation.
¹⁸ Why is my pain unceasing,
    ^(L)my wound incurable,
    refusing to be healed?
Will you be to me ^(M)like a deceitful brook,
    like waters that fail?