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14 Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed.
Save me, and I will be saved,
for you are the one I praise.
15 They say to me,
“Where is the word of the Lord? Let it come!”

16 I have not tried to run away from being your shepherd,[a]
nor have I wanted to bring the day of incurable pain.
You are aware of everything that comes out of my lips.
It is not hidden from you.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 17:16 Some ancient versions read this line as a parallel to the following line: I have not run after you for the sake of disaster.

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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