Esias 64

1 If thou wouldest open the heaven, trembling will take hold upon the mountains from thee, and they shall melt,

Did You not tear the heavens? You came down, Mountains flowed from Your presence,

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,

(As fire kindles stubble—Fire causes water to boil), To make Your Name known to Your adversaries, Nations tremble from Your presence.

3 whenever thou shalt work gloriously; trembling from thee shall take hold upon the mountains.

In Your doing fearful things [that] we do not expect, You came down, Mountains flowed from 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.

Even from antiquity [men] have not heard, They have not given ear, Eye has not seen a God except You, He works for those waiting for Him.

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 the rejoicer And the doer of righteousness, In Your ways they remember You, Behold, You have been angry when we sin, By them [is] continuance, and we are 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 are as unclean—all of us, And all our righteous acts [are] as garments of menstruation; And we fade as a leaf—all of us. And our iniquities take us away as 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.

And there is none calling on Your Name, Stirring himself up to lay hold on You, For You have hid Your face from us, And You melt us away by our iniquities.

8 And now, O Lord, thou art our Father, and we are clay, all [of us] the work of thine hands.

And now, O YHWH, You [are] our Father, We [are] the clay, and You [are] our Framer, And the work of Your hand—all of us.

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 angry, O YHWH, very severely, Nor remember iniquity forever, Behold, look attentively, we implore You, We [are] all Your people.

10 The city of thy holiness has become desolate, Sion has become as a wilderness, Jerusalem a curse.

Your holy cities have been a wilderness, Zion has been a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

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.

Our holy and our beautiful house, Where our fathers praised You, Has become burned with fire, And all our desirable things have become a ruin.

12 And for all these things thou, O Lord, has withholden, thyself, and been silent, and hast brought us very low.

Do You refrain Yourself for these, YHWH? You are silent, and afflict us very severely!