CHAPTER 64
as fire
kindles
the brushwood
and
causes the water
to boil,
to make Your name
known
to Your enemies,
so that nations
will tremble
at Your presence!
When You did
awesome works
that we did not
expect,
You came down,
and the mountains
trembled
at Your presence.
From ancient times
no
one has heard,
no
ear has perceived,
no
eye
has seen
any God
but You,
who acts
on behalf of those who wait
for Him.
You 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?
All
of us have become
like one who is unclean,
and all
our righteous acts
are like a polluted
garment;
we all
wither
like a leaf,
and our iniquities
carry us away
like the wind.
No
one calls
on Your name
or strives
to take hold of You.
For
You have hidden
Your face
from us
and made us melt
in the hand
of our iniquity.
But now,
O LORD,
You
are our Father;
we
are the clay,
and You
are the potter;
we are all
the work
of Your hand.
Do not
be angry,
O LORD,
beyond
measure;
do not
remember
our iniquity
forever.
Oh,
look upon us,
we pray;
we are all
Your people!
Our holy
and beautiful
temple,
where
our fathers
praised You,
has been
burned
with fire,
and all
that was dear to us
lies
in ruins.
After
all this,
O LORD,
will You restrain Yourself?
Will You keep silent
and afflict
us beyond
measure?