1  ^pOh that you would rend the heavens and come down,

^qthat the mountains might quake at your presence—

2  ¹ as when fire kindles brushwood

and the fire causes water to boil—

^rto make your name known to your adversaries,

and that the nations might tremble at your presence!

3  ^sWhen you did awesome things that we did not look for,

you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence.

4  ^tFrom of old no one has heard

or perceived by the ear,

^uno eye has seen a God besides you,

who acts for those who wait for him.

8  ^yBut now, O Lord, you are our Father;

^zwe are the clay, and you are our potter;

^awe are all the work of your hand.

9  ^bBe not so terribly angry, O Lord,

^cand remember not iniquity forever.

Behold, please look, we are all your people.

10  ^dYour holy cities have become a wilderness;

Zion has become a wilderness,

Jerusalem a desolation.

11  ^eOur holy and beautiful¹ house,

where our fathers praised you,

has been burned by fire,

and all our pleasant places have become ruins.