| Berean Study Bible | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence, | 1If only you would tear the heavens open and come down, so that mountains would quake at your presence-- |
| 2as fire kindles the brushwood and causes the water to boil, to make Your name known to Your enemies, so that the nations will tremble at Your presence! | 2just as fire kindles brushwood, and fire boils water--to make your name known to your enemies, so that nations will tremble at your presence! |
| 3When You did awesome works that we did not expect, You came down, and the mountains trembled at Your presence. | 3When you did awesome works that we did not expect, you who came down, and the mountains quaked at your presence. |
| 4From ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides You, who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him. | 4From ancient times no one has heard, no one has listened to, no eye has seen any God except you who acts on behalf of the one who waits for him. |
| 5You welcome those who gladly do right, who remember Your ways. Surely You were angry, for we sinned. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins? | 5You welcome the one who joyfully does what is right; they remember you in your ways. But we have sinned, and you were angry. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins? |
| 6Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind. | 6All of us have become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like a polluted garment; all of us wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind. |
| 7No one calls on Your name or strives to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and delivered us into the hand of our iniquity. | 7No one calls on your name, striving to take hold of you. For you have hidden your face from us and made us melt because of our iniquity. |
| 8But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand. | 8Yet LORD, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we all are the work of your hands. |
| 9Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people! | 9LORD, do not be terribly angry or remember our iniquity forever. Please look--all of us are your people! |
| 10Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation. | 10Your holy cities have become a wilderness; Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. |
| 11Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins. | 11Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised you, has been burned down, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins. |
| 12After all this, O LORD, will You restrain Yourself? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure? | 12LORD, after all this, will you restrain yourself? Will you keep silent and afflict us severely? |
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