Oh
that thou wouldest rend
the heavens,
that thou wouldest come down,
that the mountains
might flow down
at thy presence,
As when the melting
fire
burneth,
the fire
causeth the waters
to boil,
to make thy name
known
to thine adversaries,
that the nations
may tremble
at thy presence!
bees-wax
κηρὸς
kēros
When thou didst
terrible things
which we looked
not for, thou camest down,
the mountains
flowed down
at thy presence.
For since the beginning of the world
men have not heard,
nor perceived by the ear,
neither hath the eye
seen,
O God,
beside
thee, what he hath prepared
for him that waiteth
for him.
Thou meetest
him that rejoiceth
and worketh
righteousness,
those that remember
thee in thy ways:
behold, thou art wroth;
for we have sinned:
in those is continuance,
and we shall be saved.
But we are all as an unclean
thing, and all our righteousnesses
are as filthy
rags;
and we all do fade
as a leaf;
and our iniquities,
like the wind,
have taken us away.
sit apart
ἀποκαθημένης
apokathēmenēs
flow out
ἐξερρύημεν
exerryēmen
And there is none that calleth
upon thy name,
that stirreth up
himself to take hold
of thee: for thou hast hid
thy face
from us, and hast consumed
us, because
of our iniquities.
But now, O LORD,
thou art our father;
we are the clay,
and thou our potter;
and we all are the work
of thy hand.
Be not wroth
very sore,
O LORD,
neither remember
iniquity
for ever:
behold, see,
we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
Thy holy
cities
are a wilderness,
Zion
is a wilderness,
Jerusalem
a desolation.
Our holy
and our beautiful
house,
where our fathers
praised
thee, is burned up
with fire:
and all our pleasant things
are laid waste.
Wilt thou refrain
thyself for these things, O LORD?
wilt thou hold thy peace,
and afflict
us very sore?
