6 All of us have become like something unclean,

and all our righteous acts are like a pollutedG garment;l

all of us wither like a leaf,m

and our iniquitiesn carry us away like the wind.

7 No one calls on your name,

striving to take hold of you.

For you have hidden your face from uso

and made us melt because ofH,I our iniquity.

8 Yet Lord, you are our Father;p

we are the clay, and you are our potter;

we all are the work of your hands.q

9 Lord, do not be terribly angry

or remember our iniquity forever.r

Please look—all of us are your people!

10 Your holy cities have become a wilderness;

Zion has become a wilderness,

Jerusalem a desolation.s

11 Our holy and beautiful* temple,

where our ancestors praised you,

has been burned down,

and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.t

12 Lord, after all this, will you restrain yourself?

Will you keep silent and afflict us severely?a