“1 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come
down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, 2 As [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! 3 When thou didst terrible things [which] we looked not
for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence. 4 For
since the beginning of the world [men] have not heard, nor perceived by
the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, [what] he hath
prepared for him that waiteth for him. 5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth
and worketh righteousness, [those that] remember thee in thy ways:
behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and
we shall be saved.”
“6 But we are all as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses
[are] as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities,
like the wind, have taken us away. 7 And [there is] none that calleth
upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou
hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our
iniquities. 8 But now, O LORD, thou [art] our father; we [are] the clay,
and thou our potter; and we all [are] the work of thy hand. 9 Be not
wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold,
see, we beseech thee, we [are] all thy people. 10 Thy holy cities are a
wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. 11 Our holy
and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up
with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste. 12 Wilt thou
refrain thyself for these [things], O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace,
and afflict us very sore?” (Isaiah 64:1-12 AV)