You Are Our Father

15 (A)Look down from heaven and see from Your holy and glorious (B)lofty habitation;
Where are Your (C)zeal and Your mighty deeds?
The (D)stirrings of Your heart and Your compassion are restrained toward me.
16 For You are our (E)Father, though (F)Abraham does not know us
And Israel does not recognize us.
You, Lord, are our Father,
Our (G)Redeemer from ancient times is Your name.
17 Why, Lord, do You (H)cause us to stray from Your ways
And (I)harden our heart from fearing You?
(J)Return for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.
18 Your holy people possessed Your sanctuary for a little while,
Our adversaries have (K)trampled it down.
19 We have become like those over whom You have never ruled,
Like those who were not called by Your name.

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15 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where are thy zeal and thy mighty acts? the yearning of thy heart and thy compassions are restrained toward me. 16 For thou art our Father, though Abraham knoweth us not, and Israel doth not acknowledge us: thou, O Jehovah, art our Father; our Redeemer from everlasting is thy name. 17 O Jehovah, why dost thou make us to err from thy ways, and hardenest our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance. 18 Thy holy people possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary. 19 We are become as they over whom thou never barest rule, as they that were not called by thy name.

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