64 ^[a]Oh, that you would rend the heavens^(A) and come down,^(B)
    that the mountains^(C) would tremble before you!
² As when fire sets twigs ablaze
    and causes water to boil,
come down to make your name^(D) known to your enemies
    and cause the nations to quake^(E) before you!
³ For when you did awesome^(F) things that we did not expect,
    you came down, and the mountains trembled^(G) before you.
⁴ Since ancient times no one has heard,
    no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,^(H)
    who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.^(I)

⁸ Yet you, Lord, are our Father.^(A)
    We are the clay, you are the potter;^(B)
    we are all the work of your hand.^(C)
9 Do not be angry^(D) beyond measure, Lord;
    do not remember our sins^(E) forever.
Oh, look on us, we pray,
    for we are all your people.^(F)
10 Your sacred cities^(G) have become a wasteland;
    even Zion is a wasteland, Jerusalem a desolation.^(H)
11 Our holy and glorious temple,^(I) where our ancestors praised you,
    has been burned with fire,
    and all that we treasured^(J) lies in ruins.