Jeremiah 17:16-18

Contemporary English Version

¹⁶ Our Lord, you chose me
to care for your people,
    and that's what I have done.
You know everything I have said,
and I have never once
    asked you to punish them.^[a]
17 I trust you for protection
in times of trouble,
    so don't frighten me.
¹⁸ Keep me from failure
    and disgrace,
but make my enemies fail
    and be disgraced.
Send destruction to make
    their worst fears come true.