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Prayer for Mercy and Help | ||||
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| 1 Oh, that You would rend the heavens and come down, That the mountains might quake at Your presence-- | 1 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, | 1 If only you would split open the heavens and come down! The mountains would quake at your presence. | 1 Oh that you would tear the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence, | 1 Oh, that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, | 2 As fire kindles the brushwood, as fire causes water to boil-- To make Your name known to Your adversaries, That the nations may tremble at Your 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! | 2 Be like the fire that kindles brushwood and makes water boil. Come down to make your name known to your enemies. The nations will tremble in your presence. | 2 as when fire kindles the brushwood, [and] the fire causes the waters to boil; to make your name known to your adversaries, that the nations may tremble at your presence! | 2 as fire kindleth brushwood, as the fire causeth water to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations might tremble at thy presence! | 3 When You did awesome things which we did not expect, You came down, the mountains quaked at Your presence. | 3 When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence. | 3 When you did awe-inspiring things that we didn't expect, you came down and the mountains quaked in your presence. | 3 When you did awesome things which we didn't look for, you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence. | 3 When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, and the mountains flowed down at thy presence. | 4 For from days of old they have not heard or perceived by ear, Nor has the eye seen a God besides You, Who acts in behalf of the one who waits for Him. | 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. | 4 No one has ever heard, no one has paid attention, and no one has seen any god except you. You help those who wait for you. | 4 For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen a God besides you, who works for him who waits for him. | 4 Never have men heard, nor perceived by the ear, nor hath eye seen a God beside thee, who acteth for him that waiteth for him. | 5 You meet him who rejoices in doing righteousness, Who remembers You in Your ways. Behold, You were angry, for we sinned, We continued in them a long time; And shall we be saved? | 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. | 5 You greeted the one who gladly does right and remembers your ways. You showed your anger, because we've sinned. We've continued to sin for a long time. Can we still be saved? | 5 You meet him who rejoices and works righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned. We have been in sin for a long time; and shall we be saved? | 5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth to do righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: (behold, thou wast wroth, and we have sinned:) in those is perpetuity, and we shall be saved. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 6 For all of us have become like one who is unclean, And all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment; And all of us wither like a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, take us away. | 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. | 6 We've all become unclean, and all our righteous acts are like permanently stained rags. All of us shrivel like leaves, and our sins carry us away like the wind. | 6 For we have all become as one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is as a polluted garment: and we all fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away. | 6 And we are all become as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have carried us away; | 7 There is no one who calls on Your name, Who arouses himself to take hold of You; For You have hidden Your face from us And have delivered us into the power of our iniquities. | 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. | 7 No one calls on your name or tries to hold on to you. You have hidden your face from us. You have let us be ruined by our sins. | 7 There is none who calls on your name, who stirs up himself to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have consumed us by means of our iniquities. | 7 and there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee; for thou hast hidden thy face from us, and hast caused us to melt away through our iniquities. | 8 But now, O LORD, You are our Father, We are the clay, and You our potter; And all of us are the work of Your hand. | 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. | 8 But now, LORD, you are our Father. We are the clay, and you are our potter. We are the work of your hands. | 8 But now, Yahweh, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand. | 8 And now, Jehovah, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. | 9 Do not be angry beyond measure, O LORD, Nor remember iniquity forever; Behold, look now, all of us are Your people. | 9 Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people. | 9 Don't be too angry, LORD. Don't remember our sin forever. Now look, we are all your people. | 9 Don't be furious, Yahweh, neither remember iniquity forever: see, look, we beg you, we are all your people. | 9 Be not wroth very sore, O Jehovah, neither remember iniquity for ever. Behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people. | 10 Your holy cities have become a wilderness, Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. | 10 Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. | 10 Your holy cities have become a desert. Zion has become a desert. Jerusalem is a wasteland. | 10 Your holy cities are become a wilderness, Zion is become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. | 10 Thy holy cities are become a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 11 Our holy and beautiful house, Where our fathers praised You, Has been burned by fire; And all our precious things have become a ruin. | 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. | 11 Our holy and beautiful temple, where our ancestors praised you, has been burned to the ground. All that we valued has been ruined. | 11 Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised you, is burned with fire; and all our pleasant places are laid waste. | 11 Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burnt up with fire, and all our precious things are laid waste. | 12 Will You restrain Yourself at these things, O LORD? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure? | 12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore? | 12 Despite these things, LORD, will you hold back? Will you be silent and make us suffer more than we can bear? | 12 Will you refrain yourself for these things, Yahweh? Will you hold your peace, and afflict us very severely? | 12 Wilt thou restrain thyself in presence of these things, Jehovah? Wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore? |
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