1 p[2 Sam. 22:10; Ps. 18:9; 144:5] Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down,
qJudg. 5:5; Mic. 1:4 that the mountains might quake at your presence—
2 as when fire kindles brushwood
and the fire causes water to boil—
r[Josh. 2:9, 10] to make your name known to your adversaries,
and that the nations might tremble at your presence!
3 s[Ex. 14:13; 15:11] When you did awesome things that we did not look for,
you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence.
4 t[Ps. 31:19] From of old no one has heard
or perceived by the ear,
u[1 Cor. 2:9] no eye has seen a God besides you,
who acts for those who wait for him.
5 You meet him who joyfully works righteousness,
those who remember you in your ways.
Behold, you were angry, and we sinned;
in our sins we have been a long time, and shall we be saved?1Or in your ways is continuance, that we might be saved
6 vSee ch. 59:12-15 We have all become like one who is unclean,
and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment.
wPs. 90:5, 6 We all fade like a leaf,
and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
7 xch. 43:22; Hos. 7:7 There is no one who calls upon your name,
who rouses himself to take hold of you;
for you have hidden your face from us,
and have made us melt in the hand of our iniquities.
8 ych. 63:16 But now, O Lord, you are our Father;
zch. 45:9; Rom. 9:20, 21 we are the clay, and you are our potter;
ach. 29:23; 45:11 we are all the work of your hand.
9 b[ch. 57:16; Ps. 74:1, 2] Be not so terribly angry, O Lord,
cPs. 79:8 and remember not iniquity forever.
Behold, please look, we are all your people.
10 dNeh. 1:3; 2:3 Your holy cities have become a wilderness;
Zion has become a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.
11 eHag. 1:9; 2:3; [2 Kgs. 25:9; 2 Chr. 36:19; Ps. 74:7] Our holy and beautiful1Or holy and glorious house,
where our fathers praised you,
has been burned by fire,
and all our pleasant places have become ruins.
12 fch. 42:14; [Zech. 1:12] Will you restrain yourself at these things, O Lord?
Will you keep silent, and afflict us so terribly?