⁸ Whenever I speak, I cry out
    proclaiming violence and destruction.^(A)
So the word of the Lord has brought me
    insult and reproach^(B) all day long.
⁹ But if I say, “I will not mention his word
    or speak anymore in his name,”^(C)
his word is in my heart like a fire,^(D)
    a fire shut up in my bones.
I am weary of holding it in;^(E)
    indeed, I cannot.
¹⁰ I hear many whispering,
    “Terror^(F) on every side!
    Denounce^(G) him! Let’s denounce him!”
All my friends^(H)
    are waiting for me to slip,^(I) saying,
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
    then we will prevail^(J) over him
    and take our revenge^(K) on him.”