Isaiah 63:16

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14 As a beast goes down into the valley,
And the Spirit of the Lord causes him to rest,
So You lead Your people,
^aTo make Yourself a glorious name.

A Prayer of Penitence

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.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Isaiah 63:16

Our Redeemer; thy name is from everlasting "O deliver us for the sake of thy name" - The present text reads, as our translation has rendered it, "Our Redeemer, thy name is from everlasting." But instead of meolam , from everlasting, an ancient MS. has lemaan , for the sake of, which gives a much better sense. To show the impropriety of the present reading, it is sufficient to observe, that the Septuagint and Syriac translators thought it necessary to add aleynu , upon us, to make out the sense; That is, "Thy name is upon us, or we are called by thy name, from of old." And the Septuagint have rendered goalenu , in the imperative mood, ̔ ̔ , deliver us. - L.

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