64 ^[a]Oh, that you would rend the heavens^(A) and come down,^(B)
    that the mountains^(C) would tremble before you!
² As when fire sets twigs ablaze
    and causes water to boil,
come down to make your name^(D) known to your enemies
    and cause the nations to quake^(E) before you!
³ For when you did awesome^(F) things that we did not expect,
    you came down, and the mountains trembled^(G) before you.
⁴ Since ancient times no one has heard,
    no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,^(H)
    who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.^(I)
5 You come to the help of those who gladly do right,^(J)
    who remember your ways.
But when we continued to sin against them,
    you were angry.^(K)
    How then can we be saved?
⁶ All of us have become like one who is unclean,^(L)
    and all our righteous^(M) acts are like filthy rags;
we all shrivel up like a leaf,^(N)
    and like the wind our sins sweep us away.^(O)
7 No one^(P) calls on your name^(Q)
    or strives to lay hold of you;
for you have hidden^(R) your face from us
    and have given us over^(S) to^[b] our sins.

⁸ Yet you, Lord, are our Father.^(T)
    We are the clay, you are the potter;^(U)
    we are all the work of your hand.^(V)
9 Do not be angry^(W) beyond measure, Lord;
    do not remember our sins^(X) forever.
Oh, look on us, we pray,
    for we are all your people.^(Y)
10 Your sacred cities^(Z) have become a wasteland;
    even Zion is a wasteland, Jerusalem a desolation.^(AA)
11 Our holy and glorious temple,^(AB) where our ancestors praised you,
    has been burned with fire,
    and all that we treasured^(AC) lies in ruins.
¹² After all this, Lord, will you hold yourself back?^(AD)
    Will you keep silent^(AE) and punish us beyond measure?

⁶ “See, it stands written before me:
    I will not keep silent^(AR) but will pay back^(AS) in full;
    I will pay it back into their laps^(AT)—
⁷ both your sins^(AU) and the sins of your ancestors,”^(AV)
    says the Lord.
“Because they burned sacrifices on the mountains
    and defied me on the hills,^(AW)
I will measure into their laps
    the full payment^(AX) for their former deeds.”

“As when juice is still found in a cluster of grapes^(AY)
    and people say, ‘Don’t destroy it,
    there is still a blessing in it,’
so will I do in behalf of my servants;^(AZ)
    I will not destroy them all.
⁹ I will bring forth descendants^(BA) from Jacob,
    and from Judah those who will possess^(BB) my mountains;
my chosen^(BC) people will inherit them,
    and there will my servants live.^(BD)
10 Sharon^(BE) will become a pasture for flocks,^(BF)
    and the Valley of Achor^(BG) a resting place for herds,
    for my people who seek^(BH) me.

¹¹ “But as for you who forsake^(BI) the Lord
    and forget my holy mountain,^(BJ)
who spread a table for Fortune
    and fill bowls of mixed wine^(BK) for Destiny,
¹² I will destine you for the sword,^(BL)
    and all of you will fall in the slaughter;^(BM)
for I called but you did not answer,^(BN)
    I spoke but you did not listen.^(BO)
You did evil in my sight
    and chose what displeases me.”^(BP)

“My servants will eat,^(BQ)
    but you will go hungry;^(BR)
my servants will drink,^(BS)
    but you will go thirsty;^(BT)
my servants will rejoice,^(BU)
    but you will be put to shame.^(BV)
14 My servants will sing^(BW)
    out of the joy of their hearts,
but you will cry out^(BX)
    from anguish of heart
    and wail in brokenness of spirit.
¹⁵ You will leave your name
    for my chosen ones to use in their curses;^(BY)
the Sovereign Lord will put you to death,
    but to his servants he will give another name.^(BZ)
16 Whoever invokes a blessing^(CA) in the land
    will do so by the one true God;^(CB)
whoever takes an oath in the land
    will swear^(CC) by the one true God.
For the past troubles^(CD) will be forgotten
    and hidden from my eyes.

²⁰ “Never again will there be in it
    an infant^(CL) who lives but a few days,
    or an old man who does not live out his years;^(CM)
the one who dies at a hundred
    will be thought a mere child;
the one who fails to reach^[c] a hundred
    will be considered accursed.
²¹ They will build houses^(CN) and dwell in them;
    they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.^(CO)
22 No longer will they build houses and others live in them,^(CP)
    or plant and others eat.
For as the days of a tree,^(CQ)
    so will be the days^(CR) of my people;
my chosen^(CS) ones will long enjoy
    the work of their hands.
²³ They will not labor in vain,^(CT)
    nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune;^(CU)
for they will be a people blessed^(CV) by the Lord,
    they and their descendants^(CW) with them.
²⁴ Before they call^(CX) I will answer;^(CY)
    while they are still speaking^(CZ) I will hear.
²⁵ The wolf and the lamb^(DA) will feed together,
    and the lion will eat straw like the ox,^(DB)
    and dust will be the serpent’s^(DC) food.
They will neither harm nor destroy
    on all my holy mountain,”^(DD)
says the Lord.

⁶ Save us and help us with your right hand,^(A)
    that those you love may be delivered.
⁷ God has spoken^(B) from his sanctuary:^(C)
    “In triumph I will parcel out Shechem^(D)
    and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth.^(E)
8 Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine;
    Ephraim is my helmet,
    Judah^(F) is my scepter.
⁹ Moab^(G) is my washbasin,
    on Edom^(H) I toss my sandal;
    over Philistia^(I) I shout in triumph.”

¹⁰ Who will bring me to the fortified city?
    Who will lead me to Edom?
¹¹ Is it not you, God, you who have rejected us
    and no longer go out with our armies?^(J)
12 Give us aid against the enemy,
    for human help is worthless.^(K)
13 With God we will gain the victory,
    and he will trample down^(L) our enemies.