Jeremiah 17:16-18

Modern English Version

¹⁶ As for me, I have not hurried away from being a shepherd after You,
    nor have I desired the woeful day;
    You Yourself know that which came out of my lips was in Your presence.
¹⁷ Do not be a terror to me;
    You are my hope in the day of disaster.
¹⁸ Let those who persecute me be humiliated,
    but let me not be humiliated;
let them be dismayed,
    but let me not be dismayed.
Bring upon them the day of evil,
    and destroy them with double destruction.