Prayer for Mercy and Help
1Oh, that You would tear open the heavens and acome down,That the mountains would bquake at Your presence—Ch 63:19b in HebEx 19:18; Ps 18:9; 144:5; Mic 1:3, 4; Hab 3:13Judg 5:5; Ps 68:8; Nah 1:52 1As fire kindles brushwood, as fire causes water to boil—To make Your name known to Your adversaries,That the anations may tremble at Your presence!Ch 64:1 in HebPs 99:1; Jer 5:22; 33:93 When You did aawesome things which we did not expect,You came down, the mountains quaked at Your presence.Ps 65:5; 66:3, 5; 106:224 For from days of old athey have not heard or perceived by ear,Nor has the eye seen a God besides You,Who acts in behalf of one who bwaits for Him.1 Cor 2:9Is 25:9; 30:18; 40:315 You ameet him who rejoices in bdoing righteousness,Who cremembers You in Your ways.Behold, dYou were angry, for we sinned,We continued in 1our sins for a long time;Yet shall we be saved?Lit themEx 20:24Is 56:1Is 26:13; 63:7Is 12:16 For all of us have become like one who is aunclean,And all our brighteous deeds are like a filthy garment;And all of us cwither like a leaf,And our dwrongdoings, like the wind, take us away.Is 6:5Is 46:12; 48:1Ps 90:5, 6; Is 1:30Is 50:17 There is ano one who calls on Your name,Who stirs himself to take hold of You;For You have bhidden Your face from usAnd have 1surrendered us to the power of our wrongdoings.As in DSS and ancient versions; MT meltedIs 59:4; Ezek 22:30Deut 31:18; Is 1:15; 54:8
8 But now, LORD, aYou are our Father;We are the bclay, and You our potter,And all of us are the cwork of Your hand.Is 63:16Is 29:16; 45:9Ps 100:3; Is 60:219 Do not be aangry beyond measure, LORD,bNor remember wrongdoing forever.Behold, please look, all of us are cYour people.Is 57:17; 60:10Is 43:25; Mic 7:18Ps 79:13; Is 63:810 Your aholy cities have become a bwilderness,Zion has become a wilderness,Jerusalem a desolation.Is 48:2; 52:1Is 1:7; 6:1111 Our holy and beautiful ahouse,Where our fathers praised You,Has been burned by fire;And ball our precious things have become a ruin.2 Kin 25:9; Ps 74:5-7; Is 63:18Lam 1:7, 10, 1112 Will You arestrain Yourself at these things, LORD?Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?Ps 74:10, 11, 18, 19; Is 42:14; 63:15