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8Whenever I speak, I cry out
proclaiming violence and destruction.
So the word of the LORD has brought me
insult and reproach all day long.

9But if I say, “I will not mention him
or speak any more in his name,”
his word is in my heart like a fire,
a fire shut up in my bones.
I am weary of holding it in;
indeed, I cannot.

10I hear many whispering,
“Terror on every side!
Report him! Let's report him!”
All my friends
are waiting for me to slip, saying,
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
then we will prevail over him
and take our revenge on him.”

13Sing to the LORD!
Give praise to the LORD!
He rescues the life of the needy
from the hands of the wicked.

14Cursed be the day I was born!
May the day my mother bore me not be blessed!

15Cursed be the man who brought my father the news,
who made him very glad, saying,
“A child is born to you—a son!”

16May that man be like the towns
the LORD overthrew without pity.
May he hear wailing in the morning,
a battle cry at noon.

17For he did not kill me in the womb,
with my mother as my grave,
her womb enlarged forever.

18Why did I ever come out of the womb
to see trouble and sorrow
and to end my days in shame?