Isaiah 63:7–14

Isaiah Prays to the Lord

⁷I will talk about the kind things the Lord has done.

I’ll praise him for everything he’s done for us.

He has done many good things

for the nation of Israel.

That’s because he loves us and is very kind to us.

⁸In the past he said, “They are my people.

They will not turn against me.”

So he saved them.

⁹When they suffered, he suffered with them.

He sent his angel to save them.

He set them free because he is loving and kind.

He lifted them up and carried them.

He did it again and again in days long ago.

¹⁰But they refused to obey him.

They made his Holy Spirit sad.

So he turned against them and became their enemy.

He himself fought against them.

¹¹Then his people remembered what he did long ago.

They recalled the days of Moses and his people.

They asked, “Where is the One who brought

Israel through the Red Sea?

Moses led them as the shepherd of his flock.

Where is the One who put

his Holy Spirit among them?

¹²He used his glorious and powerful arm

to help Moses.

He parted the waters of the sea in front of them.

That mighty act made him famous forever.

¹³He led them through that deep sea.

Like a horse in open country,

they didn’t trip and fall.

¹⁴Like cattle that are taken down to the flatlands,

they were given rest by the Spirit of the Lord.”

That’s how he guided his people.

So he made a glorious name for himself.