Isaiah 63:17–64:1

¹⁷O Lord, why hast thou ^tmade us to err from thy ways,

And ^uhardened our heart from thy fear?

^vReturn for thy servants’ sake,

^wThe tribes of thine inheritance.

^18xThe people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while:

^yOur adversaries ^zhave trodden down thy sanctuary.

¹⁹We are thine: thou never barest rule over them;

^†They were not called by thy name.

64Oh that thou wouldest ^arend the heavens, that thou wouldest ^acome down,

That ^bthe mountains might flow down at thy presence,