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For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye [a]seen a God besides thee, who worketh for him that waiteth for him. Thou [b]meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou wast wroth, and we sinned: [c]in them have we been of long time; and shall we be saved? For we are all become as one that is unclean, and all our righteousnesses are as a polluted garment: and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 64:4 Or, seen, O God, besides thee, one that etc.
  2. Isaiah 64:5 Or, sparest
  3. Isaiah 64:5 Or, in those is continuance, and we shall be saved. The Hebrew is obscure.

Since ancient times no one has heard,
    no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,(A)
    who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.(B)
You come to the help of those who gladly do right,(C)
    who remember your ways.
But when we continued to sin against them,
    you were angry.(D)
    How then can we be saved?
All of us have become like one who is unclean,(E)
    and all our righteous(F) acts are like filthy rags;
we all shrivel up like a leaf,(G)
    and like the wind our sins sweep us away.(H)

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