As the melting fire burned, as the fire caused [a]the waters to boil, (that thou mightest declare thy Name to thine adversaries) the people did tremble at thy presence.

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

For since the beginning of the world, they have not [b]heard nor understood with the ear, neither hath the eye seen another God beside thee, which doeth so to him that waiteth for him.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 64:2 Meaning, the rain, hail, fire, thunder, and lightnings.
  2. Isaiah 64:4 S. Paul useth the same kind of admiration, 1 Cor. 2:9, marveling at God’s great benefit showed to his Church, by the preaching of the Gospel.

As when fire sets twigs ablaze
    and causes water to boil,
come down to make your name(A) known to your enemies
    and cause the nations to quake(B) before you!
For when you did awesome(C) things that we did not expect,
    you came down, and the mountains trembled(D) before you.
Since ancient times no one has heard,
    no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,(E)
    who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.(F)

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