Jeremiah:20:7-18
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O LORD ,
thou hast deceived me ,
and I was deceived ;
thou art stronger than I ,
and thou hast prevailed .
I have become a laughingstock all the day ;
every one mocks me .
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For whenever I speak ,
I cry out ,
I shout , "
Violence and destruction !"
For the word of the LORD has become for me a reproach and derision all day long .
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If I say , "
I will not mention him ,
or speak any more in his name ,"
there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones ,
and I am weary with holding it in ,
and I cannot .
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For I hear many whispering .
Terror is on every side ! "
Denounce him !
Let us denounce him !"
say all my familiar friends ,
watching for my fall . "
Perhaps he will be deceived ,
then we can overcome him ,
and take our revenge on him ."
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But the LORD is with me as a dread warrior ;
therefore my persecutors will stumble ,
they will not overcome me .
They will be greatly shamed ,
for they will not succeed .
Their eternal dishonor will never be forgotten .
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O LORD of hosts ,
who triest the righteous ,
who seest the heart and the mind ,
let me see thy vengeance upon them ,
for to thee have I committed my cause .
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Sing to the LORD ;
praise the LORD !
For he has delivered the life of the needy from the hand of evildoers .
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Cursed be the day on which I was born !
The day when my mother bore me ,
let it not be blessed !
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Cursed be the man who brought the news to my father , "
A son is born to you ,"
making him very glad .
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Let that man be like the cities which the LORD overthrew without pity ;
let him hear a cry in the morning and an alarm at noon ,
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because he did not kill me in the womb ;
so my mother would have been my grave ,
and her womb for ever great .
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Why did I come forth from the womb to see toil and sorrow ,
and spend my days in shame ?
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