Isaiah 63:16-18

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁶ For you are our father,
    though Abraham does not know us
    and Israel does not acknowledge us;
you, O Lord, are our father;
    our Redeemer from of old is your name.
¹⁷ Why, O Lord, do you make us stray from your ways
    and harden our heart, so that we do not fear you?
Turn back for the sake of your servants,
    for the sake of the tribes that are your heritage.
¹⁸ Your holy people took possession for a little while;
    but now our adversaries have trampled down your sanctuary.