Catholic Public Domain Version
"We have become as we were in the beginning, when you did not rule over us, and when we were not called by your name. "
— Isaiah 63:19, Catholic Public Domain Version
“We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name. ”
“We are become as they over whom thou never barest rule, as they that were not called by thy name. ”
“We have become as they over whom you never bear rule, as those who were not called by your name.”
“We existed from ancient times, but you did not rule over them; they were not your subjects.”
“We are become as in the beginning, when thou didst not rule over us, and when we were not called by thy name. ”
“We have become as those who were never ruled by you, on whom your name was not named.”
“We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name. ”
For you are our Father, and Abraham has not known us, and Israel has been ignorant of us. You are our Father, O Lord our Redeemer. Your name is beyond all ages.
Why have you allowed us to stray from your ways, O Lord? Why have you hardened our heart, so that we do not fear you? Return, for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your inheritance.
They have possessed your holy people as if it were nothing. Our enemies have trampled your sanctuary.
We have become as we were in the beginning, when you did not rule over us, and when we were not called by your name.