Isaiah 64:12

Modern

After all this, O LORD, will You restrain Yourself? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?

Traditional

Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Lord? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?

Literal

At these will You restrain Yourself, O YHWH? Will You keep silent, and afflict us beyond measure?

Latin

Numquid super his continebis te, Domine; tacebis, et affliges nos vehementer?

Hebrew

English

After all this, O LORD, will You restrain Yourself? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?

The prophet’s reflections on the past (Isaiah 63:7–14) inspire him to pray that God would now rescue his people as he has done before.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah 42:14
“I have kept silent from ages past; I have remained quiet and restrained. But now I will groan like a woman in labor; I will at once gasp and pant.
Psalm 74:10–11
How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?
Psalm 83:1
A song. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.
Psalm 74:18–19
Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.
Zechariah 1:12
Then the angel of the LORD said, “How long, O LORD of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been angry these seventy years?”
Psalm 10:1
Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?
Psalm 80:3–4
Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
Psalm 89:46–51
How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
Psalm 79:5
How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
Revelation 6:10
And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge those who dwell upon the earth and avenge our blood?”