Jeremiah’s Prayer for Deliverance

12 A glorious throne, exalted from the beginning,

is the place of our sanctuary.

13 O LORD, the hope of Israel,

all who abandon You will be put to shame.

All who turn away will be written in the dust,

for they have abandoned the LORD,

the fountain of living water.

14 Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed;

save me, and I will be saved,

for You are my praise.

15 Behold, they keep saying to me,

“Where is the word of the LORD?

Let it come now!”

16 But I have not run away from being Your shepherd;

I have not desired the day of despair.

You know that the utterance of my lips

was spoken in Your presence.

17 Do not become a terror to me;

You are my refuge in the day of disaster.

18 Let my persecutors be put to shame,

but do not let me be put to shame.

Let them be terrified,

but do not let me be terrified.

Bring upon them the day of disaster

and shatter them with double destruction.