Jeremiah 20:7-9

Modern English Version

⁷ O Lord, You have deceived me and I was deceived;
    You are stronger than I and have prevailed.
I am held in derision daily;
    everyone mocks me.
⁸ For each time I speak, I cry out;
    I cry out, “Violence and devastation,”
because to me the word of the Lord has resulted
    in reproach and derision daily.
⁹ But if I say, “I will not make mention of Him
    nor speak any more in His name,”
then His word was in my heart
    as a burning fire shut up in my bones;
and I was weary of forbearing it,
    and I could not endure it.