1   Oh, that thou wouldest ^note breake the heauens, and come downe, and that the mountaines might melt at thy presence!

2   As the melting fire burned, as the fire caused ^note the waters to boyle, (that thou mightest declare thy Name to thy aduersaries) the people did tremble at thy presence.

3   When thou diddest terrible things, which we looked not for, thou camest downe, and the mountaines melted at thy presence.

4   For since the beginning of the world they haue not ^note heard nor vnderstande with the eare, neither hath þe; eye seene another God beside thee, which doeth so to him that waiteth for him.

5   Thou diddest meete him, ^note that reioyced in thee, and did iustly: they remembred thee in thy ^note wayes: beholde, thou art angrie, for we haue sinned: yet in ^note them is continuance, and we ^note shal be saued.

6   But we haue all bene as an vncleane thing, and all our ^note righteousnes is as filthie cloutes, and we all doe fade like a leafe, and our iniquities like the winde haue taken vs away.

7   And there is none that calleth vpon thy Name, neither that stirreth vp himselfe to take holde of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from vs, and hast consumed vs because of our iniquities.

8   But now, O Lord, thou art our Father: we are the ^note clay, and thou art our potter, and we all are the worke of thine hands.

9   Be not angry, O Lorde, ^note aboue measure, neither remember iniquitie for euer: lo, we beseech thee beholde, we are all thy people.

10    ^noteThine holy cities lye waste: Zion is a wildernes, and Ierusalem a desart.

11   The House of our Sanctuarie & of our glorie, ^note where our fathers praysed thee, is burnt vp with fire and all our pleasant things are wasted.

12   Wilt thou holde thy selfe still ^note at these things, O Lorde? wilt thou holde thy peace and afflict vs aboue measure?

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