Isaiah 63:17–64:1

¹⁷Why, O Lord, do you let us stray from your ways

and let our heart harden, so that we do not fear you?

Turn back for the sake of your servants,

the tribes that are your heritage.^*

¹⁸Your holy people took possession for a little while,

but now our adversaries have trampled down your sanctuary.^*

¹⁹We have long been like those whom you do not rule,

like those not called by your name.^*

⁶⁴O that you would tear open the heavens and come down,

so that the mountains would quake at your presence—^*