Thomson(i)
1 If thou wilt open the heaven, at thy presence terror will seize the mountains, and they will melt
2 as wax melteth before fire; and a fire will burn up the adversaries, and thy name will be manifest to the adversaries; At thy presence the nations will be troubled.
3 When thou executest thy glorious works, because of thee, terror will seize the mountains.
4 Never have we heard, nor have our eyes seen a God besides thee; nor works such as thine, which thou wilt do for them who wait for mercy.
5 For it will meet them who practise righteousness, and they will remember their ways. Behold thou wast angry when we sinned; because of this we wandered
6 and became all of us as unclean, and all our righteousness was like a polluted rag; and for our iniquities we have fallen like leaves; so that the wind will sweep us away.
7 There is indeed none who invoketh thy name, or who remembered to lay hold on thee; because thou hast turned away thy face from us, and delivered us up for our sins.
8 But now, Lord, thou art our father. Though we are clay, we are all the works of thy hands:
9 be not angry with us to the uttermost; nor remember forever our sins: but, O, look down now upon us; for we are all thy people.
10 The city of thy sanctuary is become a desert: Sion is become like a desert; Jerusalem, for a curse.
11 The house, our sanctuary; even that glory which our fathers blessed, is utterly burnt up with fire, and all our glorious things are in ruins;
12 yet for all these things, thou, Lord, hast refrained, and been silent. Thou hast humbled us exceedingly.