5. You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness,Who remembers You in Your ways.You are indeed angry, for we have sinned—In these ways we continue;And we need to be saved.
6. But we are all like an unclean thing,And all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags;We all fade as a leaf,And our iniquities, like the wind,Have taken us away.
7. And there is no one who calls on Your name,Who stirs himself up to take hold of You;For You have hidden Your face from us,And have consumed us because of our iniquities.
8. But now, O Lord,You are our Father;We are the clay, and You our potter;And all we are the work of Your hand.
9. Do not be furious, O Lord,Nor remember iniquity forever;Indeed, please look—we all are Your people!
10. Your holy cities are a wilderness,Zion is a wilderness,Jerusalem a desolation.
11. Our holy and beautiful temple,Where our fathers praised You,Is burned up with fire;And all our pleasant things are laid waste.
12. Will You restrain Yourself because of these things, O Lord?Will You hold Your peace, and afflict us very severely?