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64:1 icapsh that thou wouldest rent the heauens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountaines might flowe downe at thy presence,  
64:2 As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boyle: to make thy Name knowen to thine aduersaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence. Margin Note
64:3 When thou diddest terrible things which wee looked not for, thou camest downe, the mountaines flowed downe at thy presence.  
64:4 For since the beginning of the world men haue not heard, nor perceiued by the eare, neither hath the eye seene, O God, besides thee, what hee hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. Margin Note
64:5 Thou meetest him that reioyceth, and worketh righteousnesse, those that remember thee in thy wayes: behold, thou art wroth, for we haue sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saued.  
64:6 But we are al as an vncleane thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy ragges, and we all doe fade as a leafe, and our iniquities like the wind haue taken vs away.  
64:7 And there is none that calleth vpon thy name, that stirreth vp himselfe to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from vs, and hast consumed vs because of our iniquities. Margin Note
64:8 But now, O Lord, thou art our father: we are the clay, and thou our potter, and we all are the worke of thine hand.  
64:9 Be not wroth very sore, O Lord, neither remember iniquitie for euer: behold, see we beseech thee, we are all thy people.  
64:10 Thy holy cities are a wildernesse, Zion is a wildernesse, Ierusalem a desolation.  
64:11 Our holy and our beautifull house, where our fathers praised thee, is burnt vp with fire, and all our pleasant things are layed waste:  
64:12 Wilt thou refraine thy selfe for these things, O Lord? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict vs very sore?