1. Rip the heavens apart!Come down, Lord;make the mountains tremble.
2. Be a spark that starts a firecausing water to boil.Then your enemies will knowwho you are;all nations will tremblebecause you are nearby.
3. Your fearsome deedshave completely amazed us;even the mountains shakewhen you come down.
4. You are the only Godever seen or heard ofwho works miraclesfor his followers.
5. You help all who gladly obeyand do what you want,but sin makes you angry.Only by your helpcan we ever be saved.
6. We are unfit to worship you;each of our good deedsis merely a filthy rag.We dry up like leaves;our sins are storm windssweeping us away.
7. No one worships in your nameor remains faithful.You have turned your back on usand let our sins melt us away.
8. You, Lord, are our Father.We are nothing but clay,but you are the potterwho moulded us.
9. Don't be so furiousor keep our sinsin your thoughts for ever!Remember that all of usare your people.
10. Every one of your townshas turned into a desert,especially Jerusalem.
11. Zion's glorious and holy templewhere our ancestors praised youhas been destroyed by fire.Our beautiful buildingsare now a pile of ruins.
12. When you see these things,how can you just sit thereand make us suffer more?