<< Isaiah 64 >> New American Standard Bible © Prayer for Mercy and Help 1 Oh, that You would rend the heavens and come down,  That the mountains might quake at Your presence— 2 As fire kindles the brushwood, as fire causes water to boil—  To make Your name known to Your adversaries,  That the nations may tremble at Your presence! 3 When You did awesome things which we did not expect,  You came down, the mountains quaked at Your presence. 4 For from days of old they have not heard or perceived by ear,  Nor has the eye seen a God besides You,  Who acts in behalf of the one who waits for Him. 5 You meet him who rejoices in doing righteousness,  Who remembers You in Your ways.  Behold, You were angry, for we sinned,  We continued in them a long time;  And shall we be saved? 6 For all of us have become like one who is unclean,  And all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment;  And all of us wither like a leaf,  And our iniquities, like the wind, take us away. 7 There is no one who calls on Your name,  Who arouses himself to take hold of You;  For You have hidden Your face from us  And have delivered us into the power of our iniquities. 8 But now, O LORD, You are our Father,  We are the clay, and You our potter;  And all of us are the work of Your hand. 9 Do not be angry beyond measure, O LORD,  Nor remember iniquity forever;  Behold, look now, all of us are Your people. 10 Your holy cities have become a wilderness,  Zion has become a wilderness,  Jerusalem a desolation. 11 Our holy and beautiful house,  Where our fathers praised You,  Has been burned by fire;  And all our precious things have become a ruin. 12 Will You restrain Yourself at these things, O LORD?  Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure? New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. Online Parallel Bible