Isaiah 64

64Oh that thou wouldest ^arend the heavens, that thou wouldest ^acome down,

That ^bthe mountains might flow down at thy presence,

²As when ^†the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil,

To make thy name known to thine adversaries,

That the nations may tremble at thy presence!

³When ^cthou didst terrible things which we looked not for,

^aThou camest down, ^bthe mountains flowed down at thy presence.

⁴For since the beginning of the world ^dmen have not heard, nor perceived by the ear,

Neither hath the eye ^||seen, O God, beside thee,

^eWhat he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.

⁵Thou ^fmeetest him that rejoiceth and ^gworketh righteousness,

^hThose that remember thee in ⁱthy ways:

Behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned:

^kIn those is continuance, and we shall be saved.

⁶But we are all as ^lan unclean thing,

And ^mall our righteousnesses are ⁿas filthy rags;

And ^owe all ^pdo fade as a leaf;

And our iniquities, like the wind, have ^qtaken us away.

⁷And there is none that ^rcalleth upon thy name,

That stirreth up himself to take hold of thee:

For ^sthou hast hid thy face from us,

And hast ^†consumed us, ^†because of our iniquities.

⁸But now, O Lord, ^tthou art our father;

^uWe are the clay, and ^vthou our potter;

And ^wwe all are the work of thy hand.

^9xBe not wroth very sore, O Lord,

^yNeither remember iniquity for ever:

Behold, see, we beseech thee, ^zwe are all thy people.

^10aThy holy cities are a wilderness,

Zion is a wilderness, ^bJerusalem a desolation.

¹¹Our holy and our ^cbeautiful house,

Where our fathers praised thee,

^dIs burned up with fire:

And all ^eour pleasant things are laid waste.

¹²Wilt thou ^frefrain thyself for these things, O Lord?

^gWilt thou ^fhold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?