15  ^fLook down from heaven and see,

^gfrom your holy and beautiful¹ habitation.

Where are ^hyour zeal and your might?

The stirring of your inner parts and your compassion

are held back from me.

16  For ⁱyou are our Father,

though Abraham does not know us,

and Israel does not acknowledge us;

you, O Lord, are our Father,

^jour Redeemer from of old is your name.

17  O Lord, why do you make us wander from your ways

and ^kharden our heart, so that we fear you not?

^lReturn for the sake of your servants,

the tribes of your heritage.

18  ^mYour holy people held possession for a little while;²

ⁿour adversaries have trampled down your sanctuary.

19  ^oWe have become like those over whom you have never ruled,

like those who are not called by your name.

1  ^pOh that you would rend the heavens and come down,

^qthat the mountains might quake at your presence—

2  ³ as when fire kindles brushwood

and the fire causes water to boil—

^rto make your name known to your adversaries,

and that the nations might tremble at your presence!

3  ^sWhen you did awesome things that we did not look for,

you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence.