1 64:1Ch63:19b in Heb Oh, that You would rend the heavensandcome down,That the mountains might quake at Your presence—
2 64:2Ch64:1in Heb As fire kindles the brushwood,asfire causes water to boil—To make Your name known to Your adversaries,Thatthe nations may tremble at Your presence!
3 When You did awesome things for which we did not hope,You came down; the mountains quaked at Your presence.
4 For from ancienttimesthey have not heard or given ear,Nor has the eye seen a God besides You,Who acts in behalf of the one who waits for Him.
5 You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness,Who remembers You in Your ways.Behold, You were angry; indeed we have sinned—We continuedin them a long time—And shall we be saved?
6 For all of us have become like one who is unclean,And all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment;And all of us wither like a leaf,And our iniquities, like the wind, carry us away.
7 There is no one who calls on Your name,Who awakens himself to take hold of You,For You have hidden Your face from usAnd have 64:7DSS and versions delivered melted us into the hand of our iniquities.
8 ¶But now, O Yahweh, You are our Father;We are the clay, and You our potter;And all of us are the work of Your hand.
9 Do not be angry beyond measure, O Yahweh,Nor remember iniquity forever;Behold, look now, all of us are Your people.
10 Your holy cities have become a wilderness;Zion has become a wilderness,Jerusalem a desolation.
11 Our holy and glorious house,Where our fathers praised You,Has been burnedbyfire;And all our precious things have become a waste place.
12 Will You restrain Yourself at these things, O Yahweh?Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?