Jeremiah 15:15-18

Revised Standard Version

¹⁵ O Lord, thou knowest;
    remember me and visit me,
    and take vengeance for me on my persecutors.
In thy forbearance take me not away;
    know that for thy sake I bear reproach.
¹⁶ Thy words were found, and I ate them,
    and thy words became to me a joy
    and the delight of my heart;
for I am called by thy name,
    O Lord, God of hosts.
¹⁷ I did not sit in the company of merrymakers,
    nor did I rejoice;
I sat alone, because thy hand was upon me,
    for thou hadst filled me with indignation.
¹⁸ Why is my pain unceasing,
    my wound incurable,
    refusing to be healed?
Wilt thou be to me like a deceitful brook,
    like waters that fail?