Dual Panel1If only you would tear apart <07167> the sky <08064> and come down <03381>! The mountains <02022> would tremble <02151> before <06440> you!
2As when fire <0784> ignites <06919> dry wood <02003>, or fire <0784> makes water <04325> boil <01158>, let your adversaries <06862> know <03045> who you <08034> are, and may the nations <01471> shake <07264> at your presence <06440>!
3When you performed <06213> awesome deeds <03372> that took us by surprise <06960> <03808>, you came down <03381>, and the mountains <02022> trembled <02151> before <06440> you.
4Since ancient times <05769> no <03808> one has heard <08085> or <03808> perceived <0238>, no <03808> eye <05869> has seen <07200> any God <0430> besides <02108> you, who intervenes <06213> for those who wait <02442> for him.
5You assist <06293> those who delight <07797> in doing <06213> what is right <06664>, who observe <02142> your commandments <01870>. Look <02005>, you <0859> were angry <07107> because we violated <02398> them continually <05769>. How then can we be saved <03467>?
6We are <01961> all <03605> like one who is unclean <02931>, all <03605> our so-called righteous <06666> acts are like a menstrual <05708> rag <0899> in your sight. We all <03605> wither <05034> like a leaf <05929>; our sins <05771> carry <05375> us away <05375> like the wind <07307>.
7No <0369> one invokes <07121> your name <08034>, or makes an effort <05782> to take hold <02388> of you. For <03588> you have rejected <05641> us and handed <03027> us over to our own sins <05771>.
8Yet <06258>, Lord <03069>, you <0859> are our father <01>. We <0587> are the clay <02563>, and you <0859> are our potter <03335>; we are all <03605> the product <04639> of your labor <03027>.
9Lord <03068>, do not <0408> be too <03966> angry <07107>! Do not <0408> hold <02142> our sins <05771> against us continually <05703>! Take <05027> a good look <05027> at your people <05971>, at all <03605> of us!
10Your chosen <06944> cities <05892> have become <01961> a desert <04057>; Zion <06726> has become a desert <04057>, Jerusalem <03389> is a desolate <08077> ruin.
11Our holy <06944> temple <01004>, our pride <08597> and joy, the place where <0834> our ancestors <01> praised <01984> you, has been <01961> burned <08316> with fire <0784>; all <03605> our prized possessions <04261> have been <01961> destroyed <02723>.
12In <05921> light of all this <0428>, how can you still hold back <0662>, Lord <03068>? How can you be silent <02814> and continue <03966> to humiliate <06031> us?