Esias 64
1 If you would open the heaven, trembling will take hold upon the mountains from you, and they shall melt,
Oh that thou would rend the heavens, that thou would come down, that the mountains might quake at thy presence,
2 as wax melts before the fire; and fire shall burn up the enemies, and your name shall be manifest among the adversaries: at your presence the nations shall be troubled,
as when fire kindles the brushwood, and the fire causes the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!
3 whenever you shall work gloriously; trembling from you shall take hold upon the mountains.
When thou did fearful things which we did not look for, thou came down; the mountains quaked at thy presence.
4 From of old we have not heard, neither have our eyes seen a God beside you, and your works which you will perform to them that wait for mercy.
For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen, O God, besides thee, what he has prepared for him who waits for him.
5 For [these blessings] shall happen to them that work righteousness, and they shall remember your ways: behold, you were angry and we have sinned; therefore we have erred,
Thou meet him who rejoices and works righteousness, those who remember thee in thy ways. Behold, thou were angry, and we sinned. Therefore we have erred.
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].
For we have all become as unclean, and all our righteous acts are as a polluted garment. And we all fade as a leaf. And our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
7 And there is none that calls upon your name, or that remembers to take hold on you: for you have turned your face away from us, and have delivered us up because of our sins.
And there is none who calls upon thy name, who stirs himself up to take hold of thee. For thou have hid thy face from us, and have consumed us through our iniquities.
8 And now, O Lord, you are our Father, and we are clay, all [of us] the work of your hands.
But now, O Jehovah, thou are our Father. We are the clay, and thou our potter, and we are all the work of thy hand.
9 Be not very angry with us, and remember not our sins for ever; but now look on [us], for we are all your people.
Be not angry very severely, O Jehovah, nor remember iniquity forever. Behold, look, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
10 The city of your holiness has become desolate, Sion has become as a wilderness, Jerusalem a curse.
Thy holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become 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 thee, is burned with fire, and all our pleasant places are laid waste.
12 And for all these things you, O Lord, has withholden, yourself, and been silent, and have brought us very low.
Will thou restrain thyself for these things, O Jehovah? Will thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very severely?
