Jeremiah 15:16-18

New Century Version

¹⁶ Your words came to me, and I listened carefully to them.
    Your words made me very happy,
because I am called by your name,
    Lord God All-Powerful.
¹⁷ I never sat with the crowd
    as they laughed and had fun.
I sat by myself, because you were there,
    and you filled me with anger at the evil around me.
¹⁸ I don’t understand why my pain has no end.
    I don’t understand why my injury is not cured or healed.
Will you be like a brook that goes dry?
    Will you be like a spring that stops flowing?