¹Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,

¹O da bi predrl nebesa in prišel doli, da bi se od obličja tvojega raztopile gore

²As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!

²(kakor ogenj požiga protje in voda vre od ognja), da oznaniš ime svoje nasprotnikom svojim, da bi strepetali narodi pred obličjem tvojim,

³When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.

³s tem, da delaš strahovite reči, ki jih nismo pričakovali; o da stopiš doli, da bi se od obličja tvojega raztopile gore!

⁴For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.

⁴Zakaj od veka se ni slišalo, nikdar niso čula ušesa, tudi oko ni videlo Boga razen tebe, ki bi toliko delal za njega, ki ga čaka.

⁵Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.

⁵Naproti prihajaš njemu, ki se veseli pravičnosti in ji streže, njim, ki se spominjajo tebe na potih svojih. Glej, ti si se srdil, in mi smo grešili; v tem smo že dolgo časa, bomo li rešeni?

⁶But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

⁶In vsi vkup smo postali kakor neznažnik in vse pravičnosti naše so kakor umazana cunja; in venemo kakor listje, kolikorkoli nas je in krivice naše nas odnašajo kakor veter.

⁷And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.

⁷In ni ga, ki bi klical ime tvoje, ki bi se zbudil, da se poprime tebe; kajti skril si obličje svoje pred nami in nas izročil oblasti krivic naših.

⁸But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

⁸Ali sedaj, o GOSPOD, ti si oče naš; mi smo glina, ti pa si nam lončar, in vsi smo tvoje roke delo.

⁹Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.

⁹Ne togóti se, o GOSPOD, presilno in ne spominjaj se vekomaj krivice! Glej, ozri se na nas, prosimo, mi vsi smo ljudstvo tvoje.

¹⁰Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

¹⁰Mesta svetosti tvoje so puščava, Sion je puščava, Jeruzalem je pustinja.

¹¹Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.

¹¹Sveta in prekrasna hiša naša, ki so te v njej hvalili očetje naši, je požgana z ognjem in vse, kar nam je bilo dragoceno, je v razvalinah.Hočeš li, o GOSPOD, ob toliki revi v sebi zadržavati usmiljenje, boš li molčal in nas tepel presilno?

¹²Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?

¹²Hočeš li, o GOSPOD, ob toliki revi v sebi zadržavati usmiljenje, boš li molčal in nas tepel presilno?