No one calls on your name,
striving to take hold of you.
For you have hidden your face from us(A)
and made us melt because of[a][b] our iniquity.
Yet Lord, you are our Father;(B)
we are the clay, and you are our potter;
we all are the work of your hands.(C)
Lord, do not be terribly angry
or remember our iniquity forever.(D)
Please look—all of us are your people!

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  1. 64:7 LXX, Syr, Vg, Tg read and delivered us into the hand of
  2. 64:7 Lit melt by the hand of

(A)There is no one who calls upon your name,
    who rouses himself to take hold of you;
for you have hidden your face from us,
    and have made us melt in[a] the hand of our iniquities.
(B)But now, O Lord, you are our Father;
    (C)we are the clay, and you are our potter;
    (D)we are all the work of your hand.
(E)Be not so terribly angry, O Lord,
    (F)and remember not iniquity for ever.
    Behold, please look, we are all your people.

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  1. Isaiah 64:7 Masoretic Text; Septuagint, Syriac, Targum have delivered us into

No one(A) calls on your name(B)
    or strives to lay hold of you;
for you have hidden(C) your face from us
    and have given us over(D) to[a] our sins.

Yet you, Lord, are our Father.(E)
    We are the clay, you are the potter;(F)
    we are all the work of your hand.(G)
Do not be angry(H) beyond measure, Lord;
    do not remember our sins(I) forever.
Oh, look on us, we pray,
    for we are all your people.(J)

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  1. Isaiah 64:7 Septuagint, Syriac and Targum; Hebrew have made us melt because of