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When they suffered, he suffered with them.
    He sent his angel to save them.
He set them free because he is loving and kind.
    He lifted them up and carried them.
    He did it again and again in days long ago.
10 But they refused to obey him.
    They made his Holy Spirit sad.
So he turned against them and became their enemy.
    He himself fought against them.

11 Then his people remembered what he did long ago.
    They recalled the days of Moses and his people.
They asked, “Where is the God who brought
    Israel through the Red Sea?
    Moses led them as the shepherd of his flock.
Where is the God who put
    his Holy Spirit among them?

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In all their distress he too was distressed,
    and the angel(A) of his presence(B) saved them.[a]
In his love and mercy he redeemed(C) them;
    he lifted them up and carried(D) them
    all the days of old.(E)
10 Yet they rebelled(F)
    and grieved his Holy Spirit.(G)
So he turned and became their enemy(H)
    and he himself fought(I) against them.

11 Then his people recalled[b] the days of old,
    the days of Moses and his people—
where is he who brought them through the sea,(J)
    with the shepherd of his flock?(K)
Where is he who set
    his Holy Spirit(L) among them,

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 63:9 Or Savior in their distress. / It was no envoy or angel / but his own presence that saved them
  2. Isaiah 63:11 Or But may he recall