63 ¹⁵ Look down from heaven and see,
from thy holy and glorious habitation.
Where are thy zeal and thy might?
The yearning of thy heart and thy compassion
are withheld from me.
63 ¹⁶ For thou art our Father,
though Abraham does not know us
and Israel does not acknowledge us;
thou, O LORD, art our Father,
our Redeemer from of old is thy name.
63 ¹⁷ O LORD, why dost thou make us err from thy ways
and harden our heart, so that we fear thee not?
Return for the sake of thy servants,
the tribes of thy heritage.
63 ¹⁸ Thy holy people possessed thy sanctuary a little while;
our adversaries have trodden it down.
63 ¹⁹ We have become like those
over whom thou hast never ruled,
like those who are not called by thy name.