Isaiah 63:17–64:1

¹⁷O Lord, why dost thou make us err from thy ways

and harden our heart,

so that we fear thee not?

Return for the sake of thy servants,

the tribes of thy heritage.

¹⁸Thy holy people possessed thy sanctuary a little while;

our adversaries have trodden it down.

¹⁹We have become like those over whom thou hast never ruled,

like those who are not called by thy name.

Chapter 64

¹O that thou wouldst rend the heavens and come down,

that the mountains might quake at thy presence—