Jeremiah's Song

Jeremiah's Song. Jeremiah Lyrics: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom Neither let the mighty man glory in his might Let not the rich man glory in his riches For wisdom shall fail And strength shall perish And riches shall take wings and fly away But there is something worth knowing Something greater than them all **Let him that glorieth glory in this That he understandeth and knoweth me That I am the Lord Which exercise lovingkindness Judgment and righteousness In the earth For in these things I delight** Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee Before thou camest forth from the womb I sanctified thee And I said, “Ah, Lord God Behold, I cannot speak For I am a child.” But the Lord said: “Say not, I am a child For thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee And whatsoever I command thee Thou shalt speak.” And He put forth His hand And touched my mouth. But the people would not hear And they mocked me And they put me in the pit And I said: “I will not make mention of him Nor speak any more in his name.” But His word was in my heart As a burning fire Shut up in my bones And I was weary with forbearing And I could not stay. **I could not stop speaking Though I wanted to run I could not hide His word Though the world would not hear For what is wisdom? What is strength? What are riches without Him? Let him that glorieth glory in this That he understandeth and knoweth the Lord** Why doth the way of the wicked prosper? Why are they happy that deal very treacherously? Righteous art thou, O Lord Yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments. I did not always understand His ways But I learned to know His heart. And the Lord showed me the potter: “As the clay is in the potter’s hand So are ye in mine hand.” And He showed me the broken cisterns: “My people have committed two evils They have forsaken me The fountain of living waters And hewed them out cisterns Broken cisterns That can hold no water.” Then He showed me a covenant Greater than the tablets of stone: “I will put my law in their inward parts And write it in their hearts And will be their God And they shall be my people.” And this was the promise: “They shall all know me From the least of them unto the greatest of them.” **They shall know me And I will be their God They shall know me And I will forgive their iniquity I will write my law upon their hearts And I will remember their sin no more** So let not the wise man glory in his wisdom Let not the mighty man glory in his might Let not the rich man glory in his riches **Let him that glorieth glory in this That he understandeth and knoweth me** For wisdom fades Strength fails Riches disappear But the knowledge of God— *Is life.* Human led, A.I. Assisted.