Jeremiah 20:7-18

Jeremiah 20:7-18

[7] O LORD,  thou hast deceived  thou art stronger  than I, and hast prevailed:  I am in derision  daily,  every one mocketh  me. [8] For since  I spake,  I cried out,  I cried  violence  and spoil;  because the word  of the LORD  was made a reproach  unto me, and a derision,  daily.  [9] Then I said,  I will not make mention  of him, nor speak  any more in his name.  But his word was in mine heart  as a burning  fire  shut up  in my bones,  and I was weary  with forbearing,  and I could  [10] For I heard  the defaming  of many,  fear  on every side.  Report,  it. All my familiars  watched  saying, Peradventure he will be enticed,  and we shall prevail  against him, and we shall take  our revenge  on him. [11] But the LORD  is with me as a mighty  terrible one:  therefore my persecutors  shall stumble,  and they shall not prevail:  they shall be greatly  ashamed;  for they shall not prosper:  their everlasting  confusion  shall never be forgotten.  [12] But, O LORD  of hosts,  that triest  the righteous,  and seest  the reins  and the heart,  let me see  thy vengeance  on them: for unto thee have I opened  my cause.  [13] Sing  unto the LORD,  praise  ye the LORD:  for he hath delivered  the soul  of the poor  from the hand  of evildoers.  [14] Cursed  be the day  wherein I was born:  let not the day  wherein my mother  bare  me be blessed.  [15] Cursed  be the man  who brought tidings  to my father,  saying,  A man  child  is born  [16] And let that man  be as the cities  overthrew,  and repented  not: and let him hear  the cry  in the morning,  and the shouting  at noontide;  [17] Because he slew  me not from the womb;  or that my mother  might have been my grave,  and her womb  to be always  great  with me. [18] Wherefore came I forth  out of the womb  to see  labour  and sorrow,  that my days  should be consumed  with shame?