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1 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might quake at thy presence,
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If only You would tear the heavens open [and] come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence-
2 as when fire kindleth the brushwood, [and] the fire causeth the waters to boil; to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!
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as fire kindles the brushwood, and fire causes water to boil- to make Your name known to Your enemies, so that nations will tremble at Your presence!
3 When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains quaked at thy presence.
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When You did awesome deeds that we did not expect, You came down, and the mountains quaked at Your presence.
4 For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen a God besides thee, who worketh for him that waiteth for him.
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From ancient times no one has heard, no one has listened, no eye has seen any God except You, who acts on behalf of the one who waits for Him.
5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou wast wroth, and we sinned: in them [have we been] of long time; and shall we be saved?
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You welcome the one who joyfully does what is right; they remember You in Your ways. But we have sinned, and You were angry; we will remain in Your ways and be saved.
6 For we are all become as one that is unclean, and all our righteousnesses are as a polluted garment: and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
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All of us have become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like a polluted garment; all of us wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
7 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 by means of our iniquities.
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No one calls on Your name, striving to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and made us melt because ofour iniquity.
8 But now, O Jehovah, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
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Yet Lord, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are our potter; we all are the work of Your hands.
9 Be not wroth very sore, O Jehovah, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, look, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
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Lord, do not be terribly angry or remember [our] iniquity forever. Please look-all of us are Your people!
10 Thy holy cities are become a wilderness, Zion is become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
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Your holy cities have become a wilderness; Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
11 Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned with fire; and all our pleasant places are laid waste.
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Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.
12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Jehovah? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
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Lord, after all this, will You restrain Yourself? Will You keep silent and afflict severely?
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