There is (A)no one who calls on Your name,
Who stirs himself to take hold of You;
For You have (B)hidden Your face from us
And have [a]surrendered us to the power of our wrongdoings.

But now, Lord, (C)You are our Father;
We are the (D)clay, and You our potter,
And all of us are the (E)work of Your hand.
Do not be (F)angry beyond measure, Lord,
(G)Nor remember wrongdoing forever.
Behold, please look, all of us are (H)Your people.
10 Your (I)holy cities have become a (J)wilderness,
Zion has become a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.
11 Our holy and beautiful (K)house,
Where our fathers praised You,
Has been burned by fire;
And (L)all our precious things have become a ruin.
12 Will You (M)restrain Yourself at these things, Lord?
Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?

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  1. Isaiah 64:7 As in DSS and ancient versions; MT melted

No one(A) calls on your name(B)
    or strives to lay hold of you;
for you have hidden(C) your face from us
    and have given us over(D) to[a] our sins.

Yet you, Lord, are our Father.(E)
    We are the clay, you are the potter;(F)
    we are all the work of your hand.(G)
Do not be angry(H) beyond measure, Lord;
    do not remember our sins(I) forever.
Oh, look on us, we pray,
    for we are all your people.(J)
10 Your sacred cities(K) have become a wasteland;
    even Zion is a wasteland, Jerusalem a desolation.(L)
11 Our holy and glorious temple,(M) where our ancestors praised you,
    has been burned with fire,
    and all that we treasured(N) lies in ruins.
12 After all this, Lord, will you hold yourself back?(O)
    Will you keep silent(P) and punish us beyond measure?

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  1. Isaiah 64:7 Septuagint, Syriac and Targum; Hebrew have made us melt because of