8. But now, Lord, you are our Father.We are the clay, and you are our potter.We are the work of your hands.
9. Don’t be too angry, Lord.Don’t remember our sin forever.Now look, we are all your people.
10. Your holy cities have become a desert.Zion has become a desert.Jerusalem is a wasteland.
11. Our holy and beautiful temple, where our ancestors praised you,has been burned to the ground.All that we valued has been ruined.
12. Despite these things, Lord, will you hold back?Will you be silent and make us suffer more than we can bear?