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14 Heal me, Lord, and I’ll be healed.
    Save me and I’ll be saved,
        for you are my heart’s desire.
15 See how they harass me:
    “Where’s the Lord’s word?
        Let it come now!”
16 Yet I didn’t urge you to bring disaster;[a]
    I didn’t want the calamity to happen.
You know what comes out of my mouth;
    it’s always before you.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 17:16 LXX; Heb uncertain

14 Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed;(A)
    save(B) me and I will be saved,
    for you are the one I praise.(C)
15 They keep saying to me,
    “Where is the word of the Lord?
    Let it now be fulfilled!”(D)
16 I have not run away from being your shepherd;
    you know I have not desired the day of despair.
    What passes my lips(E) is open before you.

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