| New American Standard Bible 1995 | English Standard Version |
| 1Oh, that You would rend the heavens and come down, That the mountains might quake at Your presence-- | 1Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence— |
| 2As fire kindles the brushwood, as fire causes water to boil-- To make Your name known to Your adversaries, That the nations may tremble at Your presence! | 2as when fire kindles brushwood and the fire causes water to boil— to make your name known to your adversaries, and that the nations might tremble at your presence! |
| 3When You did awesome things which we did not expect, You came down, the mountains quaked at Your presence. | 3When you did awesome things that we did not look for, you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence. |
| 4For from days of old they have not heard or perceived by ear, Nor has the eye seen a God besides You, Who acts in behalf of the one who waits for Him. | 4From of old no one has heard or perceived by the ear, no eye has seen a God besides you, who acts for those who wait for him. |
| 5You meet him who rejoices in doing righteousness, Who remembers You in Your ways. Behold, You were angry, for we sinned, We continued in them a long time; And shall we be saved? | 5You 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? |
| 6For all of us have become like one who is unclean, And all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment; And all of us wither like a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, take us away. | 6We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away. |
| 7There is no one who calls on Your name, Who arouses himself to take hold of You; For You have hidden Your face from us And have delivered us into the power of our iniquities. | 7There 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. |
| 8But now, O LORD, You are our Father, We are the clay, and You our potter; And all of us are the work of Your hand. | 8But now, O LORD, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand. |
| 9Do not be angry beyond measure, O LORD, Nor remember iniquity forever; Behold, look now, all of us are Your people. | 9Be not so terribly angry, O LORD, and remember not iniquity forever. Behold, please look, we are all your people. |
| 10Your holy cities have become a wilderness, Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. | 10Your holy cities have become a wilderness; Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. |
| 11Our holy and beautiful house, Where our fathers praised You, Has been burned by fire; And all our precious things have become a ruin. | 11Our holy and beautiful house, where our fathers praised you, has been burned by fire, and all our pleasant places have become ruins. |
| 12Will You restrain Yourself at these things, O LORD? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure? | 12Will you restrain yourself at these things, O LORD? Will you keep silent, and afflict us so terribly? |
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