Isa 64 | NASB2020 | STEP | Oh , that You would tear open the heavens and come down , That the mountains would quake at Your presence --

Isaiah 64

Prayer for Mercy and Help

1 ^{▼▼Ch 63:19b in Heb}Oh, that You would tear open the heavens and ^bcome down,
That the mountains would ^cquake at Your presence--
2 ^{▼▼Ch 64:1 in Heb}As fire kindles brushwood, as fire causes water to boil--
To make Your name known to Your adversaries,
That the ^enations may tremble at Your presence!
3 When You did ^fawesome things which we did not expect,
You came down, the mountains quaked at Your presence.
4 For from days of old ^gthey have not heard or perceived by ear,
Nor has the eye seen a God besides You,
Who acts in behalf of one who ^hwaits for Him.
5 You ⁱmeet him who rejoices in ^jdoing righteousness,
Who ^kremembers You in Your ways.
Behold, ^lYou were angry, for we sinned,
We continued in ^{▼▼Lit them}our sins for a long time;
Yet shall we be saved?
6 For all of us have become like one who is ⁿunclean,
And all our ^orighteous deeds are like a filthy garment;
And all of us ^pwither like a leaf,
And our ^qwrongdoings, like the wind, take us away.
7 There is ^rno one who calls on Your name,
Who stirs himself to take hold of You;
For You have ^shidden Your face from us
And have ^{▼▼As in DSS and ancient versions; MT melted}surrendered us to the power of our wrongdoings.

8 But now, Lord, ^uYou are our Father;
We are the ^vclay, and You our potter,
And all of us are the ^wwork of Your hand.
9 Do not be ^xangry beyond measure, Lord,
^yNor remember wrongdoing forever.
Behold, please look, all of us are ^zYour people.
10 Your ^aaholy cities have become a ^abwilderness,
Zion has become a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.
11 Our holy and beautiful ^achouse,
Where our fathers praised You,
Has been burned by fire;
And ^adall our precious things have become a ruin.
12 Will You ^aerestrain Yourself at these things, Lord?
Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?