16. For you are our Father,though Abraham doesn’t know us,and Israel does not acknowledge us.You, Lord, are our Father.Our Redeemer from everlasting is your name.
17. O Lord, why do you make us wander from your ways,and harden our heart from your fear?Return for your servants’ sake,the tribes of your inheritance.
18. Your holy people possessed it but a little while.Our adversaries have trodden down your sanctuary.
19. We have become like those over whom you never ruled,like those who were not called by your name.