1Oh, that You would rend
the heavens
and acome
down
, That the mountains
might bquake
at Your presence
--
1As fire kindles
the brushwood
, as fire
causes water
to boil
-- To make
Your name
known
to Your adversaries
, That the anations
may tremble
at Your presence
!
When You did aawesome
things
which we did not expect
, You came
down
, the mountains
quaked
at Your presence
.
For from days of old
athey have not heard
or
perceived
by ear
, Nor
has the eye
seen
a God
besides
You, Who acts
in behalf of the one who bwaits
for Him.
You ameet him who rejoices
in bdoing
righteousness
, Who cremembers
You in Your ways
. Behold
, dYou were angry
, for we sinned
, We continued in them a long
time
; And shall we be saved
?
For all of us have become
like one who is aunclean
, And all
our brighteous
deeds
are like a filthy
garment
; And all
of us cwither
like a leaf
, And our diniquities
, like the wind
, take
us away.
There is ano
one
who calls
on Your name
, Who arouses
himself to take
hold
of You; For You have bhidden
Your face
from us And have 1delivered
us into the power
of our iniquities
.
But now, O LORD
, aYou are our Father
, We are the bclay
, and You our potter
; And all
of us are the cwork
of Your hand
.
Do not be aangry beyond
measure
, O LORD
, bNor
remember
iniquity
forever
; Behold
, look
now
, all
of us are cYour people
.
Your aholy cities
have become
a bwilderness
, Zion
has become
a wilderness
, Jerusalem
a desolation
.
Our holy and beautiful
ahouse
, Where
our fathers
praised
You, Has been
burned
by fire
; And ball
our precious
things
have become
a ruin
.
Will You arestrain Yourself at these
things
, O LORD
? Will You keep
silent
and afflict
us beyond
measure
?