Isaiah 64

^*Oh, that you would rend the heavens^p and come down,^q

that the mountains^r would tremble before you!

^*As when fire sets twigs ablaze

and causes water to boil,

come down to make your name^s known to your enemies

and cause the nations to quake^t before you!

For when you did awesome^u things that we did not expect,

you came down, and the mountains trembled^v before you.

Since ancient times no one has heard,

no ear has perceived,

no eye has seen any God besides you,^w

who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.^x

You come to the help of those who gladly do right,^y

who remember your ways.

But when we continued to sin against them,

you were angry.^z

How then can we be saved?

All of us have become like one who is unclean,^a

and all our righteous^b acts are like filthy rags;

we all shrivel up like a leaf,^c

and like the wind our sins sweep us away.^d

No one^e calls on your name^f

or strives to lay hold of you;

for you have hidden^g your face from us

and have given us over^h to our sins.

Yet you, Lord, are our Father.ⁱ

We are the clay, you are the potter;^j

we are all the work of your hand.^k

Do not be angry^l beyond measure, Lord;

do not remember our sins^m forever.

Oh, look on us, we pray,

for we are all your people.ⁿ

Your sacred cities^o have become a wasteland;

even Zion is a wasteland, Jerusalem a desolation.^p

Our holy and glorious temple,^q where our ancestors praised you,

has been burned with fire,

and all that we treasured^r lies in ruins.

After all this, Lord, will you hold yourself back?^s

Will you keep silent^t and punish us beyond measure?