¹⁶ But you are our Father,^(A)
    though Abraham does not know us
    or Israel acknowledge^(B) us;
you, Lord, are our Father,
    our Redeemer^(C) from of old is your name.
¹⁷ Why, Lord, do you make us wander^(D) from your ways
    and harden our hearts^(E) so we do not revere^(F) you?
Return^(G) for the sake of your servants,
    the tribes that are your inheritance.^(H)

¹⁹ We are yours from of old;
    but you have not ruled over them,
    they have not been called^[a] by your name.^(A)

² 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!
³ For when you did awesome^(C) things that we did not expect,
    you came down, and the mountains trembled^(D) before you.
⁴ 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)
5 You come to the help of those who gladly do right,^(G)
    who remember your ways.
But when we continued to sin against them,
    you were angry.^(H)
    How then can we be saved?
⁶ All of us have become like one who is unclean,^(I)
    and all our righteous^(J) acts are like filthy rags;
we all shrivel up like a leaf,^(K)
    and like the wind our sins sweep us away.^(L)
7 No one^(M) calls on your name^(N)
    or strives to lay hold of you;
for you have hidden^(O) your face from us
    and have given us over^(P) to^[a] our sins.