Jeremiah 10:23-25

New Century Version

²³ Lord, I know that our lives don’t really belong to us.
    We can’t control our own lives.
²⁴ Lord, correct me, but be fair.
    Don’t punish me in your anger,
    or you will destroy me.
²⁵ Pour out your anger on other nations
    that do not know you
    and do not pray to you.
Those nations have destroyed the people of Jacob.
    They have eaten them up completely
    and destroyed their homeland.