Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save , nor His ear ... too dull to hear.
But ... your iniquities ... have built barriers between you ... and your God , and your sins have hidden (His) face so that He does not hear.
For your hands are stained with blood , and your fingers with iniquity ; your lips have spoken lies , and your tongue mutters injustice.
No one calls for justice ; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty (pleas) ; they tell lies ; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
They hatch the eggs of vipers and weave a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die ; crack one open , and a viper is hatched.
Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing , and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds , and Acts - of violence are in their hands.
Their feet run to evil ; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts ; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.
The way of peace they have not known , and there is no justice in their tracks. crooked paths ; no one ... who treads will know peace.
Therefore ... justice is far from us , and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light , but there is darkness ; for brightness , (but) we walk in gloom.
Like the blind , we feel our way along the wall , groping like those without eyes. We stumble at midday as in the twilight ; among the vigorous we are like the dead.
We all growl like bears and moan ... like doves. We hope for justice , but (find) none , for salvation , but it is far from us.
For our transgressions are multiplied before You , and our sins testify Our transgressions are indeed with us , and we know our iniquities :
rebelling and denying the LORD , turning away from our God , speaking oppression and revolt , conceiving and uttering lies - from the heart.
So justice is turned away ... , and righteousness stands at a distance. For tRuth - has stumbled in the public square , and honesty cannot ... enter.
TRuth - is missing , and whoever turns from evil becomes prey. The LORD looked and was displeased ... that there was no justice.
He saw that there was no man ; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation and His own righteousness ... sustained Him.
He put on righteousness like a breastplate , and the helmet of salvation on His head ; He put on garments ... of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal.
So He will repay according to their deeds - : fury to His enemies , retribution to His foes , and recompense - to the islands.
So shall they fear the name of the LORD where the sun sets ... - , and His glory where (it) rises -. For He will come like a raging flood , driven by the breath of the LORD.
“ The Redeemer will come to Zion , to those in Jacob who turn from transgression , ” declares the LORD.
“ As for Me , this is My covenant with them , ” says the LORD. “ My Spirit (will not depart) from you , and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children (and) vvv grandchildren , from now on and forevermore , ” says the LORD.