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Jeremiah, Chapter 20, verses 7-18

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O LORD, You have deceived me and I was deceived;
You have overcome me and prevailed.
I have become a laughingstock all day long;
Everyone mocks me.

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For each time I speak, I cry aloud;
I proclaim violence and destruction,
Because for me the word of the LORD has^bresulted
In reproach and derision all day long.

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But if I say, “I will not remember Him
Or speak anymore in His name,”
Then in my heart it becomes like a burning fire
Shut up in my bones;
And I am weary of holding it in,
And I cannot endure it.

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For I have heard the whispering of many,
“Terror on every side!
Denounce him; yes, let us denounce him!”
^cAll my trusted friends,
Watching for my fall, say:
“Perhaps he will be^ddeceived, so that we may prevail against him
And take our revenge on him.”

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But the LORD is with me like a dread champion;
Therefore my persecutors will stumble and not prevail.
They will be utterly ashamed, because they have^efailed,
With an everlasting disgrace that will not be forgotten.

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Yet, O LORD of hosts, You who test the righteous,
Who see the^fmind and the heart;
Let me see Your vengeance on them;
For to You I have set forth my cause.

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Sing to the LORD, praise the LORD!
For He has delivered the soul of the needy one
From the hand of evildoers.

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Cursed be the day when I was born;
Let the day not be blessed when my mother bore me!

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Cursed be the man who brought the news
To my father, saying,
“A^gbaby boy has been born to you!”
And made him very happy.

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But let that man be like the cities
Which the LORD overthrew without^hrelenting,
And let him hear an outcry in the morning
And aⁱshout of alarm at noon;

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Because he did not kill me^jbefore birth,
So that my mother would have been my grave,
And her womb ever pregnant.

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Why did I ever come forth from the womb
To look on trouble and sorrow,
So that my days have been spent in shame?


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