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(b)as fire kindles the brushwood,
and fire causes water to boil—
to make Your name known to Your enemies,
so that nations will tremble at Your presence!
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4 and fire causes water to boil—
to make Your name known to Your enemies,
so that nations will tremble at Your presence!
From ancient times no one has heard,
no one has listened,
no eye has seen any God except You,
who acts on behalf of the one who waits for Him.(E)
5 no one has listened,
no eye has seen any God except You,
who acts on behalf of the one who waits for Him.(E)
You welcome the one who joyfully does what is right;
they remember You in Your ways.
But we have sinned, and You were angry.
How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?(c)
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7 they remember You in Your ways.
But we have sinned, and You were angry.
How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?(c)
No one calls on Your name,
striving to take hold of You.
For You have hidden Your face from us(I)
and made us melt because of(e)(f) our iniquity.
striving to take hold of You.
For You have hidden Your face from us(I)
and made us melt because of(e)(f) our iniquity.
Footnotes:
a.
Isaiah 64:1: Is 63:19b in Hb
b.
Isaiah 64:2: Is 64:1 in Hb
c.
Isaiah 64:5: Lit angry; in them continually and we will be saved; Hb obscure
d.
Isaiah 64:6: Lit menstrual
e.
Isaiah 64:7: LXX, Syr, Vg, Tg read and delivered us into the hand of
f.
Isaiah 64:7: Lit melt by the hand
g.
Isaiah 64:11: Or glorious; Is 60:7