Jeremiah 15:15-18

New International Reader's Version

¹⁵ Lord, you understand how much I’m suffering.
    Show concern for me. Take care of me.
    Pay back those who are trying to harm me.
You are patient. Don’t take my life away from me.
    Think about how much shame I suffer because of you.
¹⁶ When I received your words, I ate them.
    They filled me with joy.
    My heart took delight in them.
Lord God who rules over all,
    I belong to you.
¹⁷ I never sat around with those who go to wild parties.
    I never had a good time with them.
I sat alone because you had put your powerful hand on me.
    Your anger against sin was burning inside me.
¹⁸ Why does my pain never end?
    Why is my wound so deep?
    Why can’t I ever get well?
To me you are like a stream that runs dry.
    You are like a spring that doesn’t have any water.