64 [a]Oh, that you would rend the heavens(A) and come down,(B)
    that the mountains(C) would tremble before you!
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!
For when you did awesome(F) things that we did not expect,
    you came down, and the mountains trembled(G) before you.
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)
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?
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)
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.

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)
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?

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 64:1 In Hebrew texts 64:1 is numbered 63:19b, and 64:2-12 is numbered 64:1-11.
  2. Isaiah 64:7 Septuagint, Syriac and Targum; Hebrew have made us melt because of

64 (A)Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down,
    (B)that the mountains might quake at your presence—
[a] as when fire kindles brushwood
    and the fire causes water to boil—
(C)to make your name known to your adversaries,
    and that the nations might tremble at your presence!
(D)When you did awesome things that we did not look for,
    you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence.
(E)From of old no one has heard
    or perceived by the ear,
(F)no eye has seen a God besides you,
    who acts for those who wait for him.
You meet him who joyfully works righteousness,
    those who remember you in your ways.
Behold, you were angry, and we sinned;
    in our sins we have been a long time, and shall we be saved?[b]
(G)We have all become like one who is unclean,
    and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment.
(H)We all fade like a leaf,
    and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
(I)There is no one who calls upon your name,
    who rouses himself to take hold of you;
for you have hidden your face from us,
    and have made us melt in[c] the hand of our iniquities.

(J)But now, O Lord, you are our Father;
    (K)we are the clay, and you are our potter;
    (L)we are all the work of your hand.
(M)Be not so terribly angry, O Lord,
    (N)and remember not iniquity forever.
    Behold, please look, we are all your people.
10 (O)Your holy cities have become a wilderness;
    Zion has become a wilderness,
    Jerusalem a desolation.
11 (P)Our holy and beautiful[d] house,
    where our fathers praised you,
has been burned by fire,
    and all our pleasant places have become ruins.
12 (Q)Will you restrain yourself at these things, O Lord?
    Will you keep silent, and afflict us so terribly?

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 64:2 Ch 64:1 in Hebrew
  2. Isaiah 64:5 Or in your ways is continuance, that we might be saved
  3. Isaiah 64:7 Masoretic Text; Septuagint, Syriac, Targum have delivered us into
  4. Isaiah 64:11 Or holy and glorious

64 Panginoon, punitin nʼyo po ang kalangitan. Bumaba kayo, at yayanig ang mga bundok kapag nakita kayo. Kung papaanong ang apoy ay nakapagpapaliyab ng tuyong mga sanga at nakapagpapakulo ng tubig, ang pagdating naman ninyo ay makapagpapanginig ng mga bansang kaaway nʼyo, at malalaman nila kung sino kayo. Noong bumaba po kayo at gumawa ng mga kahanga-hangang mga bagay na hindi namin inaasahan, nayanig ang mga bundok sa inyong presensya. Mula noon hanggang ngayon wala pang nakarinig o nakakita ng Dios na katulad nʼyo na tumutulong sa mga nagtitiwala sa kanya. Tinatanggap nʼyo ang mga nagagalak na gumawa ng matuwid at sumusunod sa inyong mga pamamaraan. Pero nagalit po kayo sa amin dahil patuloy naming sinusuway ang inyong mga pamamaraan. Kaya papaano kami maliligtas? Kaming lahat ay naging parang maruming bagay, at ang lahat ng aming mabubuting gawa ay parang maruming basahan. Kaming lahat ay parang dahong natutuyo, at ang aming kasamaan ay parang hangin na tumatangay sa amin. Wala kahit isa man sa amin ang humihiling at nagsusumikap na kumapit sa inyo. Sapagkat lumayo po kayo sa amin, at pinabayaan nʼyo kaming mamatay dahil sa aming mga kasalanan. Pero, Panginoon, kayo pa rin ang aming Ama. Ang katulad ninyoʼy magpapalayok, at kami naman ay parang putik. Kayo ang gumawa sa aming lahat. Panginoon, huwag nʼyo naman pong lubusin ang inyong galit sa amin o alalahanin ang mga kasalanan namin magpakailanman. Nakikiusap po kami sa inyo na dinggin nʼyo kami, dahil kaming lahat ay inyong mamamayan. 10 Ang mga banal nʼyong lungsod, pati ang Jerusalem ay naging parang ilang na walang naninirahan. 11 Nasunog ang aming banal at magandang templo, kung saan po kayo sinasamba ng aming mga ninuno. Nawasak ang lahat ng bagay na mahalaga sa amin. 12 Sa kalagayan naming ito, Panginoon, kami po ba ay ayaw nʼyo pa ring tulungan? Kayo po ba ay tatahimik na lamang, at parurusahan kami ng lubusan?