Isaiah 63:7-64:12

New International Version

¹¹ Then his people recalled^[b] the days of old,
    the days of Moses and his people—
where is he who brought them through the sea,^(O)
    with the shepherd of his flock?^(P)
Where is he who set
    his Holy Spirit^(Q) among them,
¹² who sent his glorious arm^(R) of power
    to be at Moses’ right hand,
who divided the waters^(S) before them,
    to gain for himself everlasting renown,^(T)
13 who led^(U) them through the depths?^(V)
Like a horse in open country,
    they did not stumble;^(W)
14 like cattle that go down to the plain,
    they were given rest^(X) by the Spirit of the Lord.
This is how you guided your people
    to make for yourself a glorious name.

¹⁵ Look down from heaven^(Y) and see,
    from your lofty throne,^(Z) holy and glorious.
Where are your zeal^(AA) and your might?
    Your tenderness and compassion^(AB) are withheld^(AC) from us.
¹⁶ But you are our Father,^(AD)
    though Abraham does not know us
    or Israel acknowledge^(AE) us;
you, Lord, are our Father,
    our Redeemer^(AF) from of old is your name.
¹⁷ Why, Lord, do you make us wander^(AG) from your ways
    and harden our hearts^(AH) so we do not revere^(AI) you?
Return^(AJ) for the sake of your servants,
    the tribes that are your inheritance.^(AK)
18 For a little while^(AL) your people possessed your holy place,
    but now our enemies have trampled^(AM) down your sanctuary.^(AN)
19 We are yours from of old;
    but you have not ruled over them,
    they have not been called^[c] by your name.^(AO)

64 ^[d]Oh, that you would rend the heavens^(AP) and come down,^(AQ)
    that the mountains^(AR) would tremble before you!
² As when fire sets twigs ablaze
    and causes water to boil,
come down to make your name^(AS) known to your enemies
    and cause the nations to quake^(AT) before you!
³ For when you did awesome^(AU) things that we did not expect,
    you came down, and the mountains trembled^(AV) before you.
⁴ Since ancient times no one has heard,
    no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,^(AW)
    who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.^(AX)
5 You come to the help of those who gladly do right,^(AY)
    who remember your ways.
But when we continued to sin against them,
    you were angry.^(AZ)
    How then can we be saved?
⁶ All of us have become like one who is unclean,^(BA)
    and all our righteous^(BB) acts are like filthy rags;
we all shrivel up like a leaf,^(BC)
    and like the wind our sins sweep us away.^(BD)
7 No one^(BE) calls on your name^(BF)
    or strives to lay hold of you;
for you have hidden^(BG) your face from us
    and have given us over^(BH) to^[e] our sins.

⁸ Yet you, Lord, are our Father.^(BI)
    We are the clay, you are the potter;^(BJ)
    we are all the work of your hand.^(BK)
9 Do not be angry^(BL) beyond measure, Lord;
    do not remember our sins^(BM) forever.
Oh, look on us, we pray,
    for we are all your people.^(BN)
10 Your sacred cities^(BO) have become a wasteland;
    even Zion is a wasteland, Jerusalem a desolation.^(BP)
11 Our holy and glorious temple,^(BQ) where our ancestors praised you,
    has been burned with fire,
    and all that we treasured^(BR) lies in ruins.
¹² After all this, Lord, will you hold yourself back?^(BS)
    Will you keep silent^(BT) and punish us beyond measure?