Isaiah 63:7-18

New King James Version

God’s Mercy Remembered

⁷I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord
And the praises of the Lord,
According to all that the Lord has bestowed on us,
And the great goodness toward the house of Israel,
Which He has bestowed on them according to His mercies,
According to the multitude of His lovingkindnesses.
⁸For He said, “Surely they are My people,
Children who will not lie.”
So He became their Savior.
⁹^(A)In all their affliction He was ^[a]afflicted,
^(B)And the Angel of His Presence saved them;
^(C)In His love and in His pity He redeemed them;
And ^(D)He bore them and carried them
All the days of old.
¹⁰But they ^(E)rebelled and ^(F)grieved His Holy Spirit;
^(G)So He turned Himself against them as an enemy,
And He fought against them.

¹¹Then he ^(H)remembered the days of old,
Moses and his people, saying:
“Where is He who ^(I)brought them up out of the sea
With the ^[b]shepherd of His flock?
^(J)Where is He who put His Holy Spirit within them,
¹²Who led them by the right hand of Moses,
^(K)With His glorious arm,
^(L)Dividing the water before them
To make for Himself an everlasting name,
¹³^(M)Who led them through the deep,
As a horse in the wilderness,
That they might not stumble?”

¹⁴As a beast goes down into the valley,
And the Spirit of the Lord causes him to rest,
So You lead Your people,
^(N)To make Yourself a glorious name.

A Prayer of Penitence

¹⁵^(O)Look down from heaven,
And see ^(P)from Your habitation, holy and glorious.
Where are Your zeal and Your strength,
The yearning ^(Q)of Your heart and Your mercies toward me?
Are they restrained?
¹⁶^(R)Doubtless You are our Father,
Though Abraham ^(S)was ignorant of us,
And Israel does not acknowledge us.
You, O Lord, are our Father;
Our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.
¹⁷O Lord, why have You ^(T)made us stray from Your ways,
And hardened our heart from Your fear?
Return for Your servants’ sake,
The tribes of Your inheritance.
¹⁸^(U)Your holy people have possessed it but a little while;
^(V)Our adversaries have trodden down Your sanctuary.