¹Utinam dirumperes cælos,I wish that you would rend the heavens,et descenderes;and then descend!a facie tua montes defluerent;The mountains would flow away before your face.

¹Utinam dirumperes cælos,I wish that you would rend the heavens,et descenderes;and then descend!a facie tua montes defluerent;The mountains would flow away before your face.

²sicut exustio ignis tabescerent,They would melt, as if thoroughly burned by fire.aquæ arderent igni:The waters would burn with fire,ut notum fieret nomen tuum inimicis tuis;so that your name might be made known to your enemies,a facie tua gentes turbarentur.so that the nations would be stirred up before your face.

²sicut exustio ignis tabescerent,They would melt, as if thoroughly burned by fire.aquæ arderent igni:The waters would burn with fire,ut notum fieret nomen tuum inimicis tuis;so that your name might be made known to your enemies,a facie tua gentes turbarentur.so that the nations would be stirred up before your face.

³Cum feceris mirabilia,When you will perform miracles,non sustinebimus;we will not be able to withstand them.descendisti,You descended,et a facie tua montes defluxerunt.and the mountains flowed away before your presence.

³Cum feceris mirabilia,When you will perform miracles,non sustinebimus;we will not be able to withstand them.descendisti,You descended,et a facie tua montes defluxerunt.and the mountains flowed away before your presence.

⁴A sæculo non audierunt,From ages past,neque auribus perceperunt;they have not heard it,oculus non vidit,and they have not perceived it with the ears.Deus,Apart from you,absque te,O God,quæ præparasti exspectantibus te.the eye has not seen what you have prepared for those who await you.

⁴A sæculo non audierunt,From ages past,neque auribus perceperunt;they have not heard it,oculus non vidit,and they have not perceived it with the ears.Deus,Apart from you,absque te,O God,quæ præparasti exspectantibus te.the eye has not seen what you have prepared for those who await you.

⁵Occurristi lætanti, et facienti justitiam;You have met with those who rejoice in doing justice.in viis tuis recordabuntur tui.By your ways, they will remember you.Ecce tu iratus es,Behold, you have been angry,et peccavimus;for we have sinned.in ipsis fuimus semper,In this, we have continued,et salvabimur.but we will be saved.

⁵Occurristi lætanti, et facienti justitiam;You have met with those who rejoice in doing justice.in viis tuis recordabuntur tui.By your ways, they will remember you.Ecce tu iratus es,Behold, you have been angry,et peccavimus;for we have sinned.in ipsis fuimus semper,In this, we have continued,et salvabimur.but we will be saved.

⁶Et facti sumus ut immundus omnes nos,And we have all become like the unclean.et quasi pannus menstruatæ universæ justitiæ nostræ;And all our justices are like a rag of menstruation.et cecidimus quasi folium universi,And we have all fallen away, like a leaf.et iniquitates nostræ quasi ventus abstulerunt nos.And our iniquities have carried us away, like the wind.

⁶Et facti sumus ut immundus omnes nos,And we have all become like the unclean.et quasi pannus menstruatæ universæ justitiæ nostræ;And all our justices are like a rag of menstruation.et cecidimus quasi folium universi,And we have all fallen away, like a leaf.et iniquitates nostræ quasi ventus abstulerunt nos.And our iniquities have carried us away, like the wind.

⁷Non est qui invocet nomen tuum;There is no one who calls upon your name,qui consurgat,who rises upet teneat te.and holds fast to you.Abscondisti faciem tuam a nobis,You have concealed your face from us,et allisisti nos in manu iniquitatis nostræ.and you have crushed us with the hand of our own iniquity.

⁷Non est qui invocet nomen tuum;There is no one who calls upon your name,qui consurgat,who rises upet teneat te.and holds fast to you.Abscondisti faciem tuam a nobis,You have concealed your face from us,et allisisti nos in manu iniquitatis nostræ.and you have crushed us with the hand of our own iniquity.

⁸Et nunc,And now,Domine,O Lord,pater noster es tu,you are our Father,nos vero lutum;yet truly, we are clay.et fictor noster tu,And you are our Maker,et opera manuum tuarum omnes nos.and we are all the works of your hands.

⁸Et nunc,And now,Domine,O Lord,pater noster es tu,you are our Father,nos vero lutum;yet truly, we are clay.et fictor noster tu,And you are our Maker,et opera manuum tuarum omnes nos.and we are all the works of your hands.

⁹Ne irascaris, Domine,Do not be so angry,satis,O Lord,et ne ultra memineris iniquitatis nostræ;and no longer call to mind our iniquity.ecce,Behold,respice, populus tuus omnes nos.consider that we are all your people.

⁹Ne irascaris, Domine,Do not be so angry,satis,O Lord,et ne ultra memineris iniquitatis nostræ;and no longer call to mind our iniquity.ecce,Behold,respice, populus tuus omnes nos.consider that we are all your people.

¹⁰Civitas Sancti tui facta est deserta,The city of your sanctuary has become a desert.Sion deserta facta est,Zion has become a desert.Jerusalem desolata est.Jerusalem is desolate.

¹⁰Civitas Sancti tui facta est deserta,The city of your sanctuary has become a desert.Sion deserta facta est,Zion has become a desert.Jerusalem desolata est.Jerusalem is desolate.

¹¹Domus sanctificationis nostræ et gloriæ nostræ,The house of our sanctification and of our glory,ubi laudaverunt te patres nostri,where our fathers praised you,facta est in exustionem ignis,has been completely consumed by fire,et omnia desiderabilia nostra versa sunt in ruinas.and all our admirable things have been turned into ruins.

¹¹Domus sanctificationis nostræ et gloriæ nostræ,The house of our sanctification and of our glory,ubi laudaverunt te patres nostri,where our fathers praised you,facta est in exustionem ignis,has been completely consumed by fire,et omnia desiderabilia nostra versa sunt in ruinas.and all our admirable things have been turned into ruins.

¹²Numquid super his continebis te,Should you restrain yourself, O Lord,Domine; tacebis,concerning these things?et affliges nos vehementer?Should you remain silent, and afflict us vehemently?

¹²Numquid super his continebis te,Should you restrain yourself, O Lord,Domine; tacebis,concerning these things?et affliges nos vehementer?Should you remain silent, and afflict us vehemently?