Translation and arrangement from “The Prophets of Israel,”
Moses Buttenwieser, 1913.
CONFESSIONS OF
JEREMIAH
9:22 Thus
saith the Lord, let not the wise man boast of his wisdom,
nor
the mighty one of his strength,
nor
the rich man of his wealth;
23 but
if one must boast, let him boast of this,
that
he understandeth and knoweth Me –
that
he knoweth that I am the Lord, who doth work love, justice, and righteousness
in the world,
that
it is in these things that I take delight, saith the Lord.
17:5 Thus
saith the Lord, cursed is the man who trusteth in man,
and
who maketh flesh his strength,
and
whose heart is turned away from God.
6 He
will be like the heath in the desert
and
will not see when good cometh;
he
liveth in parched regions in the wilderness,
in
a barren, uninhabited land.
7 Blessed
is the man who relieth on God,
and
whose trust is the Lord.
8 He
will be like a tree planted beside the water,
that
spreadeth its roots by the stream;
that
feareth not when the heat cometh,
whose
foliage remaineth ever green;
that
taketh no care even in the year of drought,
and
never ceaseth from bearing fruit.
10:23 I
know, O Lord, that man’s way is not of his own making,
that
it is not in the power of mortal to choose and direct his way.
17:9 Intricate
is the heart, more so than anything else,
and
frail it is -- who can fathom it?
10 I,
the Lord, search the heart and test the reins,
and
to every man is given according to his ways,
according
to the fruit of his deeds.
16:19 The
Lord is my power and my strength,
my
refuge in the day of need!
To
Thee the nations shall come from the ends of the earth and confess:
Verily
our fathers inherited but falsehoods,
empty
beliefs which are of no avail.
10:24 Chastise
me, O Lord, according to justice.,
but
not in Thy [overwhelming] wrath,
lest
Thou reduce me to nothingness.
17:14 Heal
me, O Lord, that I may be healed,
save
me that I may be saved,
for
Thou art my glory.
15 They,
verily, speak unto me:
Where
is the word of God? Let it come to
pass!
16 But
I have not grown callous as shepherd in Thy service,
Neither
have I wished for the disastrous day –
Thou
knowest it, the utterances of my lips are everpresent to Thee.
17 Prove
not a terror unto me,
[but]
be my refuge in the day of evil!
18 let
my persecutors be dismayed but let not me be dismayed,
Let
them be terror-stricken but let not me be terror-stricken,
When
Thou dost bring upon them the day
of evil,
When
Thou dost strike them with destruction a second time.
See also: 15:10, 15-25; 16:1-9; 11:18-12:3a,5-6; 20:7-11,13;
20:14-18
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