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Each time I speak, I have to cry out and shout,
    “Violence and destruction!”
    The word of Yahweh has made me the object of insults
    and contempt all day long.
I think to myself, “I can forget Yahweh
    and no longer speak his name.”
    But his word is inside me like a burning fire shut up in my bones.
    I wear myself out holding it in, but I can’t do it any longer.
10 I have heard many people whispering,
    “Terror is everywhere!
        Report him! Let’s report him!”
    All my closest friends are waiting to see me stumble.
    They say, “Maybe he will be tricked.
        Then we can overpower him and take revenge on him.”

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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.
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.”

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