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Isaiah 64 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Prayer for Mercy and Help

64 ^[a]Oh, that You would tear open the heavens and ^(A)come down,
That the mountains would ^(B)quake at Your presence—
²^[b]As fire kindles brushwood, as fire causes water to boil—
To make Your name known to Your adversaries,
That the ^(C)nations may tremble at Your presence!
³When You did ^(D)awesome things which we did not expect,
You came down, the mountains quaked at Your presence.
⁴For from days of old ^(E)they have not heard or perceived by ear,
Nor has the eye seen a God besides You,
Who acts in behalf of one who ^(F)waits for Him.
⁵You ^(G)meet him who rejoices in ^(H)doing righteousness,
Who ^(I)remembers You in Your ways.
Behold, ^(J)You were angry, for we sinned,
We continued in ^[c]our sins for a long time;
Yet shall we be saved?
⁶For all of us have become like one who is ^(K)unclean,
And all our ^(L)righteous deeds are like a filthy garment;
And all of us ^(M)wither like a leaf,
And our ^(N)wrongdoings, like the wind, take us away.
⁷There is ^(O)no one who calls on Your name,
Who stirs himself to take hold of You;
For You have ^(P)hidden Your face from us
And have ^[d]surrendered us to the power of our wrongdoings.

⁸But now, Lord, ^(Q)You are our Father;
We are the ^(R)clay, and You our potter,
And all of us are the ^(S)work of Your hand.
⁹Do not be ^(T)angry beyond measure, Lord,
^(U)Nor remember wrongdoing forever.
Behold, please look, all of us are ^(V)Your people.
¹⁰Your ^(W)holy cities have become a ^(X)wilderness,
Zion has become a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.
¹¹Our holy and beautiful ^(Y)house,
Where our fathers praised You,
Has been burned by fire;
And ^(Z)all our precious things have become a ruin.
¹²Will You ^(AA)restrain Yourself at these things, Lord?
Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?

New American Standard Bible (NASB)