Isaiah 63:15-19

^aLook down from heaven and see from Your holy and glorious ^bhabitation;

Where are Your ^czeal and Your mighty deeds?

The ^dtumults within You and Your compassion are restrained toward me.

For You are our ^aFather, though ^bAbraham does not know us

And Israel does not recognize us.

You, O Yahweh, are our Father,

Our ^cRedeemer from everlasting is Your name.

Why, O Yahweh, do You ^acause us to stray from Your ways

And ^bstiffen our heart from fearing You?

^cReturn for the sake of Your slaves, the tribes of Your inheritance.

Your holy people possessed Your sanctuary for a little while;

Our adversaries have ^atrodden it down.

We have become like those over whom You have never ruled,

Like those who were not called by Your name.

Psalm 77:9

Has God ^aforgotten to be gracious,

Or has He in anger shut up His ^bcompassion? Selah.

Then I said, “^aIt is my ¹grief,

That the ^bright hand of the Most High has changed.”

He has ^aturned toward the prayer of the ¹destitute

And has not despised their prayer.