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1Oh, that You would rend the heavens and acome down,That the mountains might bquake at Your presence—2 1As fire kindles the brushwood, as fire causes water to boil—To make Your name known to Your adversaries,That the anations may tremble at Your presence!3 When You did aawesome things for which we did not hope,You came down; the mountains quaked at Your presence.4 For from ancient times athey have not heard or given ear,Nor has the eye seen a God besides You,Who acts in behalf of the one who bwaits for Him.5 You ameet him who rejoices and bdoes righteousness,Who cremembers You in Your ways.Behold, dYou were angry; indeed we have sinned—We continued in them a long time—And shall we be saved?6 For all of us have become like one who is aunclean,And all our brighteous deeds are like a filthy garment;And all of us cwither like a leaf,And our diniquities, like the wind, carry us away.7 There is ano one who calls on Your name,Who awakens himself to take hold of You,For You have bhidden Your face from usAnd have 1melted us into the hand of our iniquities.
8 But now, O Yahweh, aYou are our Father;We are the bclay, and You our potter;And all of us are the cwork of Your hand.9 Do not be aangry beyond measure, O Yahweh,bNor remember iniquity forever;Behold, look now, all of us are cYour people.10 Your aholy cities have become a bwilderness;Zion has become a wilderness,Jerusalem a desolation.11 Our holy and glorious ahouse,Where our fathers praised You,Has been burned by fire;And ball our precious things have become a waste place.12 Will You arestrain Yourself at these things, O Yahweh?Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?
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