Esias 64
1 If thou wouldest open the heaven, trembling will take hold upon the mountains from thee, and they shall melt,
I wish that you would rend the heavens, and then descend! The mountains would flow away before your face.
2 as wax melts before the fire; and fire shall burn up the enemies, and thy name shall be manifest among the adversaries: at thy presence the nations shall be troubled,
They would melt, as if thoroughly burned by fire. The waters would burn with fire, so that your name might be made known to your enemies, so that the nations would be stirred up before your face.
3 whenever thou shalt work gloriously; trembling from thee shall take hold upon the mountains.
When you will perform miracles, we will not be able to withstand them. You descended, and the mountains flowed away before your presence.
4 From of old we have not heard, neither have our eyes seen a God beside thee, and thy works which thou wilt perform to them that wait for mercy.
From ages past, they have not heard it, and they have not perceived it with the ears. Apart from you, O God, the eye has not seen what you have prepared for those who await you.
5 For [these blessings] shall happen to them that work righteousness, and they shall remember thy ways: behold, thou wast angry and we have sinned; therefore we have erred,
You have met with those who rejoice in doing justice. By your ways, they will remember you. Behold, you have been angry, for we have sinned. In this, we have continued, but we will be saved.
6 and we are all become as unclean, and all our righteousness as a filthy rag: and we have fallen as leaves because of our iniquities; thus the wind shall carry us [away].
And we have all become like the unclean. And all our justices are like a rag of menstruation. And we have all fallen away, like a leaf. And our iniquities have carried us away, like the wind.
7 And there is none that calls upon thy name, or that remembers to take hold on thee: for thou hast turned thy face away from us, and hast delivered us up because of our sins.
There is no one who calls upon your name, who rises up and holds fast to you. You have concealed your face from us, and you have crushed us with the hand of our own iniquity.
8 And now, O Lord, thou art our Father, and we are clay, all [of us] the work of thine hands.
And now, O Lord, you are our Father, yet truly, we are clay. And you are our Maker, and we are all the works of your hands.
9 Be not very wroth with us, and remember not our sins for ever; but now look on [us], for we are all thy people.
Do not be so angry, O Lord, and no longer call to mind our iniquity. Behold, consider that we are all your people.
10 The city of thy holiness has become desolate, Sion has become as a wilderness, Jerusalem a curse.
The city of your sanctuary has become a desert. Zion has become a desert. Jerusalem is desolate.
11 The house, our sanctuary, and the glory which our fathers blessed, has been burnt with fire: and all our glorious things have gone to ruin.
The house of our sanctification and of our glory, where our fathers praised you, has been completely consumed by fire, and all our admirable things have been turned into ruins.
12 And for all these things thou, O Lord, has withholden, thyself, and been silent, and hast brought us very low.
Should you restrain yourself, O Lord, concerning these things? Should you remain silent, and afflict us vehemently?
