1 If only you would split open the heavens and come down!
2 Be like the fire that kindles brushwood and makes water boil.
3 When you did awe-inspiring things that we didn’t expect,
4 No one has ever heard,
5 You greeted the one who gladly does right and remembers your ways.
6 We’ve all become unclean,
7 No one calls on your name
8 But now, Lord, you are our Father.
9 Don’t be too angry, Lord.
10 Your holy cities have become a desert.
11 Our holy and beautiful temple, where our ancestors praised you,
12 Despite these things, Lord, will you hold back?