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Your fearsome deeds
    have completely amazed us;
even the mountains shake
    when you come down.
(A) You are the only God
    ever seen or heard of
who works miracles
    for his followers.

You help all who gladly obey
and do what you want,
    but sin makes you angry.
Only by your help
    can we ever be saved.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 64.5 saved: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 5.

For when you did awesome(A) things that we did not expect,
    you came down, and the mountains trembled(B) before you.
Since ancient times no one has heard,
    no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,(C)
    who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.(D)
You come to the help of those who gladly do right,(E)
    who remember your ways.
But when we continued to sin against them,
    you were angry.(F)
    How then can we be saved?

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