Prayer for Mercy and Help

64 [a]Oh, that You would rend the heavens and (A)come down,
That the mountains might (B)quake at Your presence—
[b]As fire kindles the brushwood, as fire causes water to boil—
To make Your name known to Your adversaries,
That the (C)nations may tremble at Your presence!
When You did (D)awesome things which we did not expect,
You came down, the mountains quaked at Your presence.
For from days of old (E)they have not heard or perceived by ear,
Nor has the eye seen a God besides You,
Who acts in behalf of the one who (F)waits for Him.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 64:1 Ch 63:19b in Heb
  2. Isaiah 64:2 Ch 64:1 in Heb

But now, O Lord, (A)You are our Father,
We are the (B)clay, and You our potter;
And all of us are the (C)work of Your hand.
Do not be (D)angry beyond measure, O Lord,
(E)Nor remember iniquity forever;
Behold, look now, all of us are (F)Your people.
10 Your (G)holy cities have become a (H)wilderness,
Zion has become a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.
11 Our holy and beautiful (I)house,
Where our fathers praised You,
Has been burned by fire;
And (J)all our precious things have become a ruin.

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