Jeremiah 17:16-18

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁶ I have not pressed thee to send evil,
    nor have I desired the day of disaster,
    thou knowest;
that which came out of my lips
    was before thy face.
¹⁷ Be not a terror to me;
    thou art my refuge in the day of evil.
¹⁸ Let those be put to shame who persecute me,
    but let me not be put to shame;
let them be dismayed,
    but let me not be dismayed;
bring upon them the day of evil;
    destroy them with double destruction!