Isaiah 63:17-19

New Living Translation

¹⁷ Lord, why have you allowed us to turn from your path?
    Why have you given us stubborn hearts so we no longer fear you?
Return and help us, for we are your servants,
    the tribes that are your special possession.
¹⁸ How briefly your holy people possessed your holy place,
    and now our enemies have destroyed it.
¹⁹ Sometimes it seems as though we never belonged to you,
    as though we had never been known as your people.