641 Oh , that You would rend the heavens and come down , That the mountains might quake at Your presence - 2 As fire kindles the brushwood , as fire causes water to boil - To make Your name known to Your adversaries , That the nations may tremble at Your presence ! 3 When You did awesome things which we did not expect , You came down , the mountains quaked at Your presence . 4 For from days of old they have not heard or perceived by ear , Nor has the eye seen a God besides You, Who acts in behalf of the one who waits for Him. 5 You meet him who rejoices in doing righteousness , Who remembers You in Your ways . Behold , You were angry , for we sinned , We continued in them a long time ; And shall we be saved ?
6 For all of us have become like one who is unclean , And all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment ; And all of us wither like a leaf , And our iniquities , like the wind , take us away. 7 There is no one who calls on Your name , Who arouses himself to take hold of You; For You have hidden Your face from us And have delivered us into the power of our iniquities . 8 But now , O Lord , You are our Father , We are the clay , and You our potter ; And all of us are the work of Your hand . 9 Do not be angry beyond measure , O Lord , Nor remember iniquity forever ; Behold , look now , all of us are Your people . 10 Your holy cities have become a wilderness , Zion has become a wilderness , Jerusalem a desolation . 11 Our holy and beautiful house , Where our fathers praised You, Has been burned by fire ; And all our precious things have become a ruin . 12 Will You restrain Yourself at these things , O Lord ? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure ?
