Bible in Basic English
"Be not very angry, O Lord, and do not keep our sins in mind for ever: give ear to our prayer, for we are all your people."
— Isaiah 64:9, Bible in Basic English
“Be not wroth very sore, O Lord, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.”
“Be not wroth very sore, O Jehovah, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, look, we beseech thee, we are all thy people. ”
“Don't be furious, Yahweh, neither remember iniquity forever: see, look, we beg you, we are all your people.”
“LORD, do not be too angry! Do not hold our sins against us continually! Take a good look at your people, at all of us!”
“Be not wroth very sore, O Lord, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.”
For we have all become like an unclean person, and all our good acts are like a dirty robe: and we have all become old like a dead leaf, and our sins, like the wind, take us away.
And there is no one who makes prayer to your name, or who is moved to keep true to you: for your face is veiled from us, and you have given us into the power of our sins.
But now, O Lord, you are our father; we are the earth, and you are our maker; and we are all the work of your hand.
Be not very angry, O Lord, and do not keep our sins in mind for ever: give ear to our prayer, for we are all your people.
Your holy towns have become a waste, Zion has become a waste, Jerusalem is a mass of broken walls.
Our holy and beautiful house, where our fathers gave praise to you, is burned with fire; and all the things of our desire have come to destruction.
In view of all this, will you still do nothing, O Lord? will you keep quiet, and go on increasing our punishment?