(A)But now, O Lord, you are our Father;
    (B)we are the clay, and you are our potter;
    (C)we are all the work of your hand.
(D)Be not so terribly angry, O Lord,
    (E)and remember not iniquity forever.
    Behold, please look, we are all your people.
10 (F)Your holy cities have become a wilderness;
    Zion has become a wilderness,
    Jerusalem a desolation.
11 (G)Our holy and beautiful[a] house,
    where our fathers praised you,
has been burned by fire,
    and all our pleasant places have become ruins.
12 (H)Will you restrain yourself at these things, O Lord?
    Will you keep silent, and afflict us so terribly?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 64:11 Or holy and glorious

Yet you, Lord, are our Father.(A)
    We are the clay, you are the potter;(B)
    we are all the work of your hand.(C)
Do not be angry(D) beyond measure, Lord;
    do not remember our sins(E) forever.
Oh, look on us, we pray,
    for we are all your people.(F)
10 Your sacred cities(G) have become a wasteland;
    even Zion is a wasteland, Jerusalem a desolation.(H)
11 Our holy and glorious temple,(I) where our ancestors praised you,
    has been burned with fire,
    and all that we treasured(J) lies in ruins.
12 After all this, Lord, will you hold yourself back?(K)
    Will you keep silent(L) and punish us beyond measure?

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