1
Behold,
the
LORD’S
hand
is
not
shortened,
that
it
cannot
save;
neither
his
ear
heavy,
that
it
cannot
hear:
2
But
your
iniquities
have
separated
between
you
and
your
God,
and
your
sins
have
hid
[his]
face
from
you,
that
he
will
not
hear.
3
For
your
hands
are
defiled
with
blood,
and
your
fingers
with
iniquity;
your
lips
have
spoken
lies,
your
tongue
hath
muttered
perverseness.
4
None
calleth
for
justice,
nor
[any]
pleadeth
for
truth:
they
trust
in
vanity,
and
speak
lies;
they
conceive
mischief,
and
bring
forth
iniquity.
5
They
hatch
cockatrice’
eggs,
and
weave
the
spider’s
web:
he
that
eateth
of
their
eggs
dieth,
and
that
which
is
crushed
breaketh
out
into
a
viper.
6
Their
webs
shall
not
become
garments,
neither
shall
they
cover
themselves
with
their
works:
their
works
[are]
works
of
iniquity,
and
the
act
of
violence
[is]
in
their
hands.
7
Their
feet
run
to
evil,
and
they
make
haste
to
shed
innocent
blood:
their
thoughts
[are]
thoughts
of
iniquity;
wasting
and
destruction
[are]
in
their
paths.
8
The
way
of
peace
they
know
not;
and
[there
is]
no
judgment
in
their
goings:
they
have
made
them
crooked
paths:
whosoever
goeth
therein
shall
not
know
peace.
9
Therefore
is
judgment
far
from
us,
neither
doth
justice
overtake
us:
we
wait
for
light,
but
behold
obscurity;
for
brightness,
[but]
we
walk
in
darkness.
10
We
grope
for
the
wall
like
the
blind,
and
we
grope
as
if
[we
had]
no
eyes:
we
stumble
at
noonday
as
in
the
night;
[we
are]
in
desolate
places
as
dead
[men].
11
We
roar
all
like
bears,
and
mourn
sore
like
doves:
we
look
for
judgment,
but
[there
is]
none;
for
salvation,
[but]
it
is
far
off
from
12
For
our
transgressions
are
multiplied
before
thee,
and
our
sins
testify
against
us:
for
our
transgressions
[are]
with
us;
and
[as
for]
our
iniquities,
we
know
them;
13
In
transgressing
and
lying
against
the
LORD,
and
departing
away
from
our
God,
speaking
oppression
and
revolt,
conceiving
and
uttering
from
the
heart
words
of
falsehood.
14
And
judgment
is
turned
away
backward,
and
justice
standeth
afar
off:
for
truth
is
fallen
in
the
street,
and
equity
cannot
enter.
15
Yea,
truth
faileth;
and
he
[that]
departeth
from
evil
maketh
himself
a
prey:
and
the
LORD
saw
[it],
and
it
displeased
him
that
[there
was]
no
judgment.
16
And
he
saw
that
[there
was]
no
man,
and
wondered
that
[there
was]
no
intercessor:
therefore
his
arm
brought
salvation
unto
him;
and
his
righteousness,
it
sustained
him.
17
For
he
put
on
righteousness
as
a
breastplate,
and
an
helmet
of
salvation
upon
his
head;
and
he
put
on
the
garments
of
vengeance
[for]
clothing,
and
was
clad
with
zeal
as
a
cloke.
18
According
to
[their]
deeds,
accordingly
he
will
repay,
fury
to
his
adversaries,
recompence
to
his
enemies;
to
the
islands
he
will
repay
recompence.
19
So
shall
they
fear
the
name
of
the
LORD
from
the
west,
and
his
glory
from
the
rising
of
the
sun.
When
the
enemy
shall
come
in
like
a
flood,
the
Spirit
of
the
LORD
shall
lift
up
a
standard
against
him.
20
And
the
Redeemer
shall
come
to
Zion,
and
unto
them
that
turn
from
transgression
in
Jacob,
saith
the
LORD.
21
As
for
me,
this
[is]
my
covenant
with
them,
saith
the
LORD;
My
spirit
that
[is]
upon
thee,
and
my
words
which
I
have
put
in
thy
mouth,
shall
not
depart
out
of
thy
mouth,
nor
out
of
the
mouth
of
thy
seed,
nor
out
of
the
mouth
of
thy
seed’s
seed,
saith
the
LORD,
from
henceforth
and
for
ever.