I’ve written a song for Jeremiah who in the reading for this week (20:7-9) is a little upset with God and the world and everything. There may be occasions when others would want to sing along, so if you are a frustrated prophet feel free.
1. Why does the Word of the Lord
appear to the world so wrong?
Violence and ruin and derision,
insult all day long.
Chorus
I will not think about him.
No more will I speak in God’s name.
But He’s imprisoned in my bones
and I fear my heart’s aflame.
2. I am a laughing stock,
to what have I been reduced.
The butt of ev’rybodies’ jokes,
by the Lord I’ve been seduced.
chorus
Download sheet music:Jeremiah
Jeremiah by Geoffrey Madden is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.