1 The church prays for the illustration of God's power
4 Celebrating God's mercy, it makes confession of their natural corruptions
9 It complains of their afflictions

oh that Ps 18:7-15 144:5,6 Mr 1:10

that thou wouldest come Isa 63:15 Ex 3:8 19:11,18,19 Mic 1:3,4 Hab 3:1-13

that the Jud 5:4,5 Ps 46:6 68:8 114:4-7 Am 9:5,13 Na 1:5,6 2Pe 3:10-12 Re 20:11

2 As 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!

melting fire. Heb. fire of meltings. to make Isa 37:20 63:12 Ex 14:4 1Sa 17:46,47 1Ki 8:41-43 Ps 46:10 67:1,2 79:10 83:13 98:1,2 102:15,16 106:8 Eze 38:22,23 39:27 Da 4:1-3,32-37 6:25-27 Joe 3:16,17

that the nations Ex 15:14-16 De 2:25 Ps 9:20 48:4-6 99:1 Jer 5:22 33:9 Mic 7:15-17 Re 11:11-13

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

thou didst Ex 34:10 De 4:34 10:21 Jud 5:4,5 2Sa 7:23 Ps 65:6 66:3,5 68:8 76:12 105:27-36 106:22

the mountains Isa 64:1 Hab 3:3,6

4 For 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.

have not Ps 31:19 1Co 2:9,10 Eph 3:6-10,17-21 Col 1:26,27 1Ti 3:16 1Jo 3:1,2 4:10 Re 21:1-4,22-24 22:1-5

seen, etc. or, seen a God besides thee, which doeth so for, etc. prepared Ps 31:19 Mt 25:34 Joh 14:3 Heb 11:16

waiteth Isa 25:9 Ge 49:18 Ps 62:1 130:5 La 3:25,26 Lu 2:25 Ro 8:19,23 1Co 1:7 1Th 1:10 Jas 5:7

5 Thou 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.

meetest Ex 20:24 25:22 29:42,43 30:6 Heb 4:16

rejoiceth Ps 25:10 37:4 112:1 Ac 10:2-4,35 Php 3:13-15

those that Isa 26:8,9 56:1-7

thou art wroth Isa 63:10 Ps 90:7-9

in those Ps 103:17 Jer 31:18-20 Ho 6:3 11:8 Mal 3:6

6 But 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.

are all Isa 6:5 53:6 Job 14:4 15:14-16 25:4 40:4 42:5,6 Ps 51:5 Ro 7:18,24 Eph 2:1,2 Tit 3:3

all our Isa 57:12 Zec 3:3 Php 3:9 Re 3:17,18 7:13

we all Isa 40:6-8 Ps 90:5,6 Jas 1:10,11 1Pe 1:24,25

our iniquities Isa 57:13 Ps 1:4 Jer 4:11,12 Ho 4:19 Zec 5:8-11

7 And 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.

there is Isa 50:2 59:16 Ps 14:4 Eze 22:30 Ho 7:7,14

to take Isa 27:5 56:4

hast hid Isa 57:17 59:2 De 31:17 32:19-25 Ho 5:15

consumed. Heb. melted Jer 9:7 Eze 22:18-22 24:11

because. Heb. by the hand Job 8:4

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

thou art Isa 63:16 Ex 4:22 De 32:6 Ga 3:26,29

are the clay Isa 29:16 45:9 Jer 18:2-6 Ro 9:20-24

all are Isa 43:7 44:21,24 Job 10:8,9 Ps 100:3 119:73 138:8 Eph 2:10

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

wroth Ps 6:1 38:1 74:1,2 79:5-9 Jer 10:24 Hab 3:2

remember Jer 3:12 La 5:20 Mic 7:18-20 Mal 1:4 2Pe 2:17 Re 20:10

we are Isa 63:19 Ps 79:13 119:94

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

Isa 1:7 2Ki 25:9 2Ch 36:19-21 Ps 79:1-7 La 1:1-4 2:4-8 5:18 Da 9:26,27 12:7 Mic 3:12 Lu 21:21,24 Re 11:1,2

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

holy 2Ki 25:9 2Ch 36:19 Ps 74:5-7 Jer 52:13 La 2:7 Eze 7:20,21 24:21,25 Mt 24:2

where 1Ki 8:14,56 2Ch 6:4 7:3,6 29:25-30

all our La 1:7,10,11

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

Isa 42:14 Ps 10:1 74:10,11,18,19 79:5 80:3,4 83:1 89:46-51 Zec 1:12 Re 6:10