Jeremiah 17:14-18 - Jeremiah's Plea

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Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed;
Save me and I will be saved,
For You are my praise.
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Behold, they keep saying to me,
“Where is the word of the Lord [that is, the disaster that you prophesied]?
Let it come now!”
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But as for me, I have not tried to escape from being a shepherd [walking] after You,
Nor have I longed for the woeful day [of judgment];
You know that, whatever I said
Was [spoken] in Your presence and was from You.
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Do not be a terror to me;
You are my refuge and my hope in the day of disaster.
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Let those who persecute me be shamed, but as for me, protect me from shame;
Let them lose courage, but let me be undaunted.
Bring on them a day of tragedy,
And destroy them with double destruction!