Isaiah 64:4

Thou meetest with him that rejoiceth to work tzedek, 1 those that remember Thee in Thy drakhim; 1 see, Thou art in wrath; for we have been in sins; 1 in them a long time, and shall we be saved? 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.

In Context

3For me'olam (since ancient times) no one hath heard, 1 nor perceived by the ozen, 1 neither hath the ayin seen any Elohim besides Thee, 1 Who acts on behalf of him that waiteth for Him. 1

5But we are all as the tameh (unclean thing), 1 and kol tzidkoteinu (all our righteousness, our righteous deeds, works) are like beged iddim (filthy rags, a garment of menstruation); 1 and we all do fade like the aleh (leaf); 1 and avoneinu (our iniquities), like the ruach, have taken us away. 1

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Cross References

Ezra 9:7Since the days of Avoteinu have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for avonoteinu have we, our melachim, and our Kohanim, been delivered into the hand of the melachim of the lands, to the cherev, to captivity, and to spoil, and to humiliation of face, as it is this day.

Psalms 62:1(For the one directing. According to Yedutun. Mizmor of Dovid) 1

Psalms 130:5I wait for Hashem, 1 my nefesh doth wait, 1 and in His Devar do I hope. 1

Isaiah 30:18And therefore will Hashem wait, 1 that He may be gracious unto you, 1 and therefore will He be exalted, 1 that He may have rachamim upon you; 1 for Hashem is Elohei Mishpat; 1 Ashrei are all they that wait for Him.

Lamentations 3:25Hashem is tov unto them that wait for Him, 1 to the nefesh that seeketh Him. 1

Daniel 9:8O Hashem, to us belongeth boshet hapanim, to our Melachim, to our Sarim (princes), and to our Avot, because we have sinned against Thee.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 64:2-6

Prayer for the Divine Presence; Blessings Prepared for the Saints. ( b. c. 706.) 1 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, 2 As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence! 3 When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence. 4 For since the beginning of… Read the whole commentary →

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