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Since[a] ancient times no one has heard,
    and[b] no ear has perceived,
and[c] no eye has seen any God besides you,
    who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.
You come to the aid of those who gladly do what’s right,
    To those who remember you in your ways.
See, you were angry,
    and we sinned against them for a long time,
        but we will be saved.

All of us have become like one who is unclean,
    and[d] all our righteous acts are like a filthy rag;
we all shrivel up like a leaf,
    and like the wind, our iniquities[e] sweep us away.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 64:4 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads And since
  2. Isaiah 64:4 So 1QIsaa; MT lacks and
  3. Isaiah 64:4 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks and
  4. Isaiah 64:6 So 1QIsaa 4QIsab LXX; MT lacks and
  5. Isaiah 64:6 The 1QIsaa utilizes a masculine noun; 1QIsab MT utilize a feminine noun