1 O h, that You would rend the heavens and come down, That the mountains might quake at Your presence—

Oh, that You would rend the heavens! That You would come down! That the mountains might shake at Your presence—

2 A s fire kindles the brushwood, as fire causes water to boil— To make Your name known to Your adversaries, That the nations may tremble at Your presence!

As fire burns brushwood, As fire causes water to boil— To make Your name known to Your adversaries, That the nations may tremble at Your presence!

3 W hen You did awesome things which we did not expect, You came down, the mountains quaked at Your presence.

When You did awesome things for which we did not look, You came down, The mountains shook at Your presence.

4 F or from days of old they have not heard or perceived by ear, Nor has the eye seen a God besides You, Who acts in behalf of the one who waits for Him.

For since the beginning of the world Men have not heard nor perceived by the ear, Nor has the eye seen any God besides You, Who acts for the one who waits for Him.

5 Y ou meet him who rejoices in doing righteousness, Who remembers You in Your ways. Behold, You were angry, for we sinned, We continued in them a long time; And shall we be saved?

You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness, Who remembers You in Your ways. You are indeed angry, for we have sinned— In these ways we continue; And we need to be saved.

6 F or 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, take us away.

But we are all like an unclean thing, And all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; We all fade as a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, Have taken us away.

7 T here is no one who calls on Your name, Who arouses himself to take hold of You; For You have hidden Your face from us And have delivered us into the power of our iniquities.

And there is no one who calls on Your name, Who stirs himself up to take hold of You; For You have hidden Your face from us, And have consumed us because of our iniquities.

8 B ut now, O Lord, You are our Father, We are the clay, and You our potter; And all of us are the work of Your hand.

But now, O Lord, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand.

9 D o not be angry beyond measure, O Lord, Nor remember iniquity forever; Behold, look now, all of us are Your people.

Do not be furious, O Lord, Nor remember iniquity forever; Indeed, please look—we all are Your people!

10 Y our holy cities have become a wilderness, Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

Your holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

11 O ur holy and beautiful house, Where our fathers praised You, Has been burned by fire; And all our precious things have become a ruin.

Our holy and beautiful temple, Where our fathers praised You, Is burned up with fire; And all our pleasant things are laid waste.

12 W ill You restrain Yourself at these things, O Lord ? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?

Will You restrain Yourself because of these things, O Lord ? Will You hold Your peace, and afflict us very severely?