Jeremiah 17:16-18

Tree of Life Version

¹⁶ As for me, I have not run away from being a shepherd after You,
    nor have I desired the woeful day.
    What came out of my lips You know—it was before You.
¹⁷ Be not a ruin to me—
    You are my refuge in the evil day.
¹⁸ Let my persecutors be ashamed,
    yet let me not be ashamed.
    Let them be dismayed,
    but let me not be dismayed.
    Bring on them the evil day,
    Destroy them with double destruction.