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1From of old no one has heard or perceived by the ear, 2no eye has seen a God besides you, who acts for those who wait for him.
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You meet him who joyfully works righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned; in our sins we have been a long time, and shall we be saved?
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3We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. 4We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
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5There is no one who calls upon your name, who rouses himself to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have made us melt in the hand of our iniquities.
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6But now, O LORD, you are our Father; 7we are the clay, and you are our potter; 8we are all the work of your hand.
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9Be not so terribly angry, O LORD, 10and remember not iniquity forever. Behold, please look, we are all your people.
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11Your holy cities have become a wilderness; Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
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12Our holy and beautiful house, where our fathers praised you, has been burned by fire, and all our pleasant places have become ruins.
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13Will you restrain yourself at these things, O LORD? Will you keep silent, and afflict us so terribly?