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Prayer for Mercy

15 Look from heaven,
    and see from the lofty residence of your holiness and glory.
Where are your zeal and strength?
    Your compassion[a] and mercy to me hold themselves back.
16 For you are our father, although Abraham does not know us,
    and Israel does not acknowledge us.
You, Yahweh are our father,
    Our Redeemer from of old is your name.
17 Why do you make us wander, Yahweh?
    You harden our heart from your ways so that we do not fear[b] you.
Turn back for the sake of your servants,
    the tribes of your inheritance.
18 Your holy people[c] took possession for a little while;
    our adversaries have trampled down your sanctuary.
19 We have been since antiquity; you did not rule them;
    they were not called by your name.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 63:15 Literally “The agitation of your intestines”
  2. Isaiah 63:17 Literally “from the fear of”
  3. Isaiah 63:18 Literally “The people of your holiness”
  4. Isaiah 63:19 Literally “your name was not called over them”