But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
But now, O Lord, thou (art) our Father - (Isaiah 63:16.)
We (are) the clay, and thou our potter - (Isaiah 29:16; Isaiah 45:9.) Unable to mould themselves aright, they beg the sovereign will of God to mould them unto salvation, even as He made them at the first, and is their "Father."