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From ages past no one has heard,
    no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,
    who works for those who wait for him.
You meet those who gladly do right,
    those who remember you in your ways.
But you were angry, and we sinned;
    because you hid yourself we transgressed.[a]

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  1. Isaiah 64:5 Meaning of Heb uncertain

(A)No one has ever seen or heard of a God like you, who does such deeds for those who put their hope in him. You welcome those who find joy in doing what is right, those who remember how you want them to live. You were angry with us, but we went on sinning; in spite of your great anger we have continued to do wrong since ancient times.[a]

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  1. Isaiah 64:5 Probable text in spite of … ancient times; Hebrew unclear.

For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear,
neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee,
what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.
Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness,
those that remember thee in thy ways:
behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned:
in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.

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Yet, O Lord, you are our Father;
    we are the clay, and you are our potter;
    we are all the work of your hand.

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But you are our father, Lord. We are like clay, and you are like the potter. You created us,

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But now, O Lord, thou art our father;
we are the clay, and thou our potter;
and we all are the work of thy hand.

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