Isaiah 63:15-Isaiah 64:12 - Prayer For Mercy
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from Your lofty home—holy and beautiful.
Where is Your zeal and Your might?
Your yearning
are withheld from me.
even though Abraham does not know us
and Israel doesn’t recognize us.
You, Yahweh, are our Father;
from ancient times,
Your name is our Redeemer.
You harden our hearts so we do not fear
Return, because of Your servants,
the tribes of Your heritage.
for a little while,
but our enemies have trampled down
Your sanctuary.
like those not called by Your name.
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and come down,
so that mountains would quake at Your presence
and fire causes water to boil—
to make Your name known to Your enemies,
so that nations will tremble at Your presence!
that we did not expect,
You came down,
and the mountains quaked at Your presence.
no one has listened,
no eye has seen any God except You,
who acts on behalf of the one who waits for Him.
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?
and all our righteous acts are like a polluted
all of us wither like a leaf,
and our iniquities
striving to take hold of You.
For You have hidden Your face from us
and made us melt because of
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we are the clay, and You are our potter;
we all are the work of Your hands.
or remember our iniquity forever.
Please look—all of us are Your people!
Zion has become a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.
where our fathers praised You,
has been burned with fire,
and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.
Will You keep silent and afflict severely?