Oh that thou wouldest rend
the heavens
, that thou wouldest come down
, that the mountains
might flow down
at thy presence
,
As when the melting fire
burneth
, the fire
causeth the waters
to boil
, to make thy name
known
to thine adversaries
, that the nations
may tremble
at thy presence
!
When thou didst terrible things
which we looked
not for, thou camest down
, the mountains
flowed down
at thy presence
.
For since the beginning of the world men have not heard
, nor perceived by the ear
, neither hath the eye
seen
, O God
, beside
thee, what he hath prepared
for him that waiteth
for him.
Thou meetest him that rejoiceth
and worketh
righteousness
, those that remember
thee in thy ways
: behold, thou art wroth
; for we have sinned
: in those is continuance
, and we shall be saved
.
But we are all as an unclean thing , and all our righteousnesses
are as filthy
rags
; and we all do fade
as a leaf
; and our iniquities
, like the wind
, have taken us away
.
And there is none that calleth upon thy name
, that stirreth up
himself to take hold
of thee: for thou hast hid
thy face
from us, and hast consumed
us, because
of our iniquities
.
But now, O LORD, thou art our father
; we are the clay
, and thou our potter
; and we all are the work
of thy hand
.
Be not wroth very sore
, O LORD
, neither remember
iniquity
for ever
: behold, see
, we beseech thee, we are all thy people
.
Thy holy cities
are a wilderness
, Zion
is a wilderness
, Jerusalem
a desolation
.
Our holy and our beautiful
house
, where our fathers
praised
thee, is burned up
with fire
: and all our pleasant things
are laid waste
.
Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things , O LORD
? wilt thou hold thy peace
, and afflict
us very sore
?