> [!Scripture] > **6 For all of us have become like one who is unclean, And all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment; And all of us wither like a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, take us away. > 7 There is no one who calls on Your name, Who arouses himself to take hold of You; For You have hidden Your face from us And have delivered us into the power of our iniquities. > 8 But now, O LORD, You are our Father, We are the clay, and You our potter; And all of us are the work of Your hand. > 9 Do not be angry beyond measure, O LORD, Nor remember iniquity forever; Behold, look now, all of us are Your people. > 10 Your holy cities have become a wilderness, Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. > 11 Our holy and beautiful house, Where our fathers praised You, Has been burned [by] fire; And all our precious things have become a ruin. > 12 Will You restrain Yourself at these things, O LORD? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?**