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13 Sing to the Lord!
    Praise the Lord!
He saves the life of the poor
    from the power of the wicked.

Jeremiah’s Sixth Complaint

14 Let there be a curse on the day I was born;
    let there be no blessing on the day when my mother gave birth to me.
15 Let there be a curse on the man
    who brought my father the news:
“You have a son!”
    This made my father very glad.

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13 Sing(A) to the Lord!
    Give praise to the Lord!
He rescues(B) the life of the needy
    from the hands of the wicked.(C)

14 Cursed be the day I was born!(D)
    May the day my mother bore me not be blessed!
15 Cursed be the man who brought my father the news,
    who made him very glad, saying,
    “A child is born to you—a son!”

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