Dual Panel1Oh <03863> that thou wouldest rend <07167> (8804) the heavens <08064>_, that thou wouldest come down <03381> (8804)_, that the mountains <02022> might flow down <02151> (8738) at thy presence <06440>_,
2As [when] the melting <02003> fire <0784> burneth <06919> (8800)_, the fire <0784> causeth the waters <04325> to boil <01158> (8799)_, to make thy name <08034> known <03045> (8687) to thine adversaries <06862>_, [that] the nations <01471> may tremble <07264> (8799) at thy presence <06440>_! {the melting...: Heb. the fire of meltings}
3When thou didst <06213> (8800) terrible things <03372> (8737) [which] we looked <06960> (8762) not for, thou camest down <03381> (8804)_, the mountains <02022> flowed down <02151> (8738) at thy presence <06440>_.
4For since the beginning of the world <05769> [men] have not heard <08085> (8804)_, nor perceived by the ear <0238> (8689)_, neither hath the eye <05869> seen <07200> (8804)_, O God <0430>_, beside <02108> thee, [what] he hath prepared <06213> (8799) for him that waiteth <02442> (8764) for him. {seen...: or, seen a God beside thee, which doeth so for him, etc}
5Thou meetest <06293> (8804) him that rejoiceth <07797> (8801) and worketh <06213> (8802) righteousness <06664>_, [those that] remember <02142> (8799) thee in thy ways <01870>_: behold, thou art wroth <07107> (8804)_; for we have sinned <02398> (8799)_: in those is continuance <05769>_, and we shall be saved <03467> (8735)_.
6But we are all as an unclean <02931> [thing], and all our righteousnesses <06666> [are] as filthy <05708> rags <0899>_; and we all do fade <05034> (8799) (8676) <01101> (8686) as a leaf <05929>_; and our iniquities <05771>_, like the wind <07307>_, have taken us away <05375> (8799)_.
7And [there is] none that calleth <07121> (8802) upon thy name <08034>_, that stirreth up <05782> (8711) himself to take hold <02388> (8687) of thee: for thou hast hid <05641> (8689) thy face <06440> from us, and hast consumed <04127> (8799) us, because <03027> of our iniquities <05771>_. {consumed: Heb. melted} {because: Heb. by the hand}
8But now, O LORD <03068>_, thou [art] our father <01>_; we [are] the clay <02563>_, and thou our potter <03335> (8802)_; and we all [are] the work <04639> of thy hand <03027>_.
9Be not wroth <07107> (8799) very sore <03966>_, O LORD <03068>_, neither remember <02142> (8799) iniquity <05771> for ever <05703>_: behold, see <05027> (8685)_, we beseech thee, we [are] all thy people <05971>_.
10Thy holy <06944> cities <05892> are a wilderness <04057>_, Zion <06726> is a wilderness <04057>_, Jerusalem <03389> a desolation <08077>_.
11Our holy <06944> and our beautiful <08597> house <01004>_, where our fathers <01> praised <01984> (8765) thee, is burned up <08316> with fire <0784>_: and all our pleasant things <04261> are laid waste <02723>_.
12Wilt thou refrain <0662> (8691) thyself for these [things], O LORD <03068>_? wilt thou hold thy peace <02814> (8799)_, and afflict <06031> (8762) us very sore <03966>_?