Isaiah 63:15-16

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Prayer for Mercy

¹⁵^(A)Look down from heaven and see,
    ^(B)from your holy and beautiful^[a] habitation.
Where are ^(C)your zeal and your might?
    The stirring of your inner parts and your compassion
    are held back from me.
¹⁶For ^(D)you are our Father,
    though Abraham does not know us,
    and Israel does not acknowledge us;
you, O Lord, are our Father,
    ^(E)our Redeemer from of old is your name.

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Isaiah 63:15 Or holy and glorious

Nehemiah 1:4-6

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Nehemiah's Prayer

⁴As soon as I heard these words I ^(A)sat down and wept and mourned for days, and I continued fasting and praying before the ^(B)God of heaven. ⁵And I said, “O Lord God of heaven, ^(C)the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, ⁶^(D)let your ear be attentive and your eyes open, to hear the prayer of your servant that I now pray before you day and night for the people of Israel your servants, ^(E)confessing the sins of the people of Israel, which we have sinned against you. Even ^(F)I and my father's house have sinned.