| NET Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1If only you would tear apart the sky and come down! The mountains would tremble before you! | 1Oh, that You would rend the heavens and come down, That the mountains might quake at Your presence-- |
| 2As when fire ignites dry wood, or fire makes water boil, let your adversaries know who you are, and may the nations shake 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! |
| 3When you performed awesome deeds that took us by surprise, you came down, and the mountains trembled before you. | 3When You did awesome things which we did not expect, You came down, the mountains quaked at Your presence. |
| 4Since ancient times no one has heard or perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who intervenes for those who wait for him. | 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. |
| 5You assist those who delight in doing what is right, who observe your commandments. Look, you were angry because we violated them continually. How then can we be saved? | 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? |
| 6We are all like one who is unclean, all our so-called righteous acts are like a menstrual rag in your sight. We all wither like a leaf; our sins carry us away like the wind. | 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. |
| 7No one invokes your name, or makes an effort to take hold of you. For you have rejected us and handed us over to our own sins. | 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. |
| 8Yet, LORD, you are our father. We are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the product of your labor. | 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. |
| 9LORD, do not be too angry! Do not hold our sins against us continually! Take a good look at your people, at all of us! | 9Do not be angry beyond measure, O LORD, Nor remember iniquity forever; Behold, look now, all of us are Your people. |
| 10Your chosen cities have become a desert; Zion has become a desert, Jerusalem is a desolate ruin. | 10Your holy cities have become a wilderness, Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. |
| 11Our holy temple, our pride and joy, the place where our ancestors praised you, has been burned with fire; all our prized possessions have been destroyed. | 11Our holy and beautiful house, Where our fathers praised You, Has been burned by fire; And all our precious things have become a ruin. |
| 12In light of all this, how can you still hold back, LORD? How can you be silent and continue to humiliate us? | 12Will You restrain Yourself at these things, O LORD? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure? |
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