All of us have become like something unclean,
and all our righteous acts are like a polluted[a] garment;(A)
all of us wither like a leaf,(B)
and our iniquities(C) carry us away like the wind.
No one calls on your name,
striving to take hold of you.
For you have hidden your face from us(D)
and made us melt because of[b][c] our iniquity.
Yet Lord, you are our Father;(E)
we are the clay, and you are our potter;
we all are the work of your hands.(F)

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  1. 64:6 Lit menstrual
  2. 64:7 LXX, Syr, Vg, Tg read and delivered us into the hand of
  3. 64:7 Lit melt by the hand of

All of us have become like one who is unclean,(A)
    and all our righteous(B) acts are like filthy rags;
we all shrivel up like a leaf,(C)
    and like the wind our sins sweep us away.(D)
No one(E) calls on your name(F)
    or strives to lay hold of you;
for you have hidden(G) your face from us
    and have given us over(H) to[a] our sins.

Yet you, Lord, are our Father.(I)
    We are the clay, you are the potter;(J)
    we are all the work of your hand.(K)

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  1. Isaiah 64:7 Septuagint, Syriac and Targum; Hebrew have made us melt because of