15 ^aLook down from heaven,
And see ^bfrom Your habitation, holy and glorious.
Where are Your zeal and Your strength,
The yearning ^cof Your heart and Your mercies toward me?
Are they restrained? ‡

16 ^aDoubtless You are our Father,
Though Abraham ^bwas ignorant of us,
And Israel does not acknowledge us.
You, O Lord, are our Father;
Our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name. ‡

17 O Lord, why have You ^amade us stray from Your ways,
And hardened our heart from Your fear?
Return for Your servants’ sake,
The tribes of Your inheritance. ‡

18 ^aYour holy people have possessed it but a little while;
^bOur adversaries have trodden down Your sanctuary. ‡

19 We have become like those of old, over whom You never ruled,
Those who were never called by Your name.