August 17
Benefits of Affliction—Self-abasement
Scripture
KJV
Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
ESV
For after I had turned away, I relented, and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh; I was ashamed, and I was confounded, because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
Jeremiah 31:19
Poem
Dumb at thy feet I lie,
For thou hast brought me low;
Remove thy judgments, lest I die;
I faint beneath thy blow.