Isa 64 | LSB | STEP | Oh, that You would rend the heavens and come down, That the mountains might quake at Your presence

‏ Isaiah 64

1 ^{▼▼ Ch 63:19b in Heb}Oh, that You would rend the heavens and come down,
That the mountains might quake at Your presence—
2 ^{▼▼ Ch 64:1 in Heb}As 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!
3 When You did awesome things for which we did not hope,
You came down; the mountains quaked at Your presence.
4 For from ancient times they have not heard or given ear,
Nor has the eye seen a God besides You,
Who acts in behalf of the one who waits for Him.
5 You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness,
Who remembers You in Your ways.
Behold, You 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 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, carry us away.
7 There is no one who calls on Your name,
Who awakens himself to take hold of You,
For You have hidden Your face from us
And have ^{▼▼DSS and versions delivered}melted us into the hand of our iniquities.
8 But now, O Yahweh, You are our Father;
We are the clay, and You our potter;
And all of us are the work of Your hand.
9 Do not be angry beyond measure, O Yahweh,
Nor remember iniquity forever;
Behold, look now, all of us are Your people.
10 Your holy cities have become a wilderness;
Zion has become a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.
11 Our holy and glorious house,
Where our fathers praised You,
Has been burned by fire;
And all our precious things have become a waste place.
12 Will You restrain Yourself at these things, O Yahweh?
Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?