Catholic Public Domain Version
"May you not be a dread to me. You are my hope in the day of affliction. "
— Jeremiah 17:17, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.”
“Be not a terror unto me: thou art my refuge in the day of evil. ”
“Don't be a terror to me: you are my refuge in the day of evil.”
“Do not cause me dismay! You are my source of safety in times of trouble.”
“Be not thou a terror unto me, thou art my hope in the day of affliction.”
“Be not a cause of fear to me: you are my safe place in the day of evil.”
“Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.”
Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed. Save me, and I will be saved. For you are my praise.
Behold, they themselves are saying to me: ‘Where is the word of the Lord? Let it come.’
But I am not troubled; I am following you as my shepherd. And I have not desired the day of man, as you know. That which has gone forth from my lips has been right in your sight.
May you not be a dread to me. You are my hope in the day of affliction.
May those who persecute me be confounded, but may I not be confounded. May they be fearful, and may I not be fearful. Lead over them the day of affliction, and crush them with a double destruction.”
Thus says the Lord to me: “Go, and stand at the gate of the sons of the people, through which the kings of Judah enter and depart, and at all the gates of Jerusalem.
And you shall say to them: Listen to the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah, and all of Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, who enter through these gates.”