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1. Oh, that you would burst from the heavens and come down! How the mountains would quake in your presence!
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1. Oh that H3863 thou wouldest rend H7167 the heavens H8064 , that thou wouldest come down H3381 , that the mountains H2022 might flow down H2151 at thy presence H4480 H6440 ,
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2. As fire causes wood to burn and water to boil, your coming would make the nations tremble. Then your enemies would learn the reason for your fame!
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2. As when the melting H2003 fire H784 burneth H6919 , the fire H784 causeth the waters H4325 to boil H1158 , to make thy name H8034 known H3045 to thine adversaries H6862 , that the nations H1471 may tremble H7264 at thy presence H4480 H6440 !
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3. When you came down long ago, you did awesome deeds beyond our highest expectations. And oh, how the mountains quaked!
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3. When thou didst H6213 terrible things H3372 which we looked not for H6960 H3808 , thou camest down H3381 , the mountains H2022 flowed down H2151 at thy presence H4480 H6440 .
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4. For since the world began, no ear has heard, and no eye has seen a God like you, who works for those who wait for him!
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4. For since the beginning of the world H4480 H5769 men have not H3808 heard H8085 , nor H3808 perceived by the ear H238 , neither H3808 hath the eye H5869 seen H7200 , O God H430 , beside H2108 thee, what he hath prepared H6213 for him that waiteth H2442 for him.
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5. You welcome those who gladly do good, who follow godly ways. But you have been very angry with us, for we are not godly. We are constant sinners; how can people like us be saved?
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5. Thou meetest H6293 H853 him that rejoiceth H7797 and worketh H6213 righteousness H6664 , those that remember H2142 thee in thy ways H1870 : behold H2005 , thou H859 art wroth H7107 ; for we have sinned H2398 : in those is continuance H5769 , and we shall be saved H3467 .
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6. We are all infected and impure with sin. When we display our righteous deeds, they are nothing but filthy rags. Like autumn leaves, we wither and fall, and our sins sweep us away like the wind.
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6. But we are H1961 all H3605 as an unclean H2931 thing , and all H3605 our righteousnesses H6666 are as filthy H5708 rags H899 ; and we all H3605 do fade H5034 as a leaf H5929 ; and our iniquities H5771 , like the wind H7307 , have taken us away H5375 .
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7. Yet no one calls on your name or pleads with you for mercy. Therefore, you have turned away from us and turned us over to our sins.
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7. And there is none H369 that calleth H7121 upon thy name H8034 , that stirreth up himself H5782 to take hold H2388 of thee: for H3588 thou hast hid H5641 thy face H6440 from H4480 us , and hast consumed H4127 us, because H3027 of our iniquities H5771 .
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8. And yet, O LORD, you are our Father. We are the clay, and you are the potter. We all are formed by your hand.
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8. But now H6258 , O LORD H3068 , thou H859 art our father H1 ; we H587 are the clay H2563 , and thou H859 our potter H3335 ; and we all H3605 are the work H4639 of thy hand H3027 .
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9. Don't be so angry with us, LORD. Please don't remember our sins forever. Look at us, we pray, and see that we are all your people.
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9. Be not wroth H7107 H408 very sore H5704 H3966 , O LORD H3068 , neither H408 remember H2142 iniquity H5771 forever H5703 : behold H2005 , see H5027 , we beseech thee H4994 , we are all H3605 thy people H5971 .
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10. Your holy cities are destroyed. Zion is a wilderness; yes, Jerusalem is a desolate ruin.
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10. Thy holy H6944 cities H5892 are H1961 a wilderness H4057 , Zion H6726 is H1961 a wilderness H4057 , Jerusalem H3389 a desolation H8077 .
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11. The holy and beautiful Temple where our ancestors praised you has been burned down, and all the things of beauty are destroyed.
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11. Our holy H6944 and our beautiful H8597 house H1004 , where H834 our fathers H1 praised H1984 thee, is H1961 burned up H8316 with fire H784 : and all H3605 our pleasant things H4261 are H1961 laid waste H2723 .
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12. After all this, LORD, must you still refuse to help us? Will you continue to be silent and punish us?
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12. Wilt thou refrain thyself H662 for H5921 these H428 things , O LORD H3068 ? wilt thou hold thy peace H2814 , and afflict H6031 us very sore H5704 H3966 ?
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