Dual Panel1Look <02005>, the Lord’s <03068> hand <03027> is not <03808> too weak <07114> to deliver <03467> you; his ear <0241> is not <03808> too deaf <03513> to hear <08085> you.
2But <0518> your sinful acts <05771> have alienated <0914> you from <0996> your God <0430>; your sins <02403> have caused him to reject <05641> you and not listen <08085> to your prayers.
3For <03588> your hands <03709> are stained <01351> with blood <01818> and your fingers <0676> with sin <05771>; your lips <08193> speak <01696> lies <08267>, your tongue <03956> utters <01897> malicious words <05766>.
4No one <0369> is concerned <07121> about justice <06664>; no one <0369> sets forth <08199> his case truthfully <0530>. They depend <0982> on <05921> false words <08414> and tell <01696> lies <07723>; they conceive <02029> of oppression <05999> and give birth <03205> to sin <0205>.
5They hatch <01234> the eggs <01000> of a poisonous snake <06848> and spin <0707> a spider’s <05908> web <06980>. Whoever eats <0398> their eggs <01000> will die <04191>, a poisonous snake <0660> is hatched <01234> <02116>.
6Their webs <06980> cannot <03808> be <01961> used for clothing <0899>; they cannot <03808> cover <03680> themselves with what <04639> they make <04639>. Their deeds <04639> are sinful <0205>; they commit <06467> violent <02555> crimes.
7They are eager <07323> <07272> to do evil <07451>, quick <04116> to shed <08210> innocent <05355> blood <01818>. Their thoughts <04284> <04284> are sinful <0205>; they crush <07701> and destroy <07667>.
8They are unfamiliar <03045> <03808> with peace <07965>; their deeds are unjust <04941> <0369>. They use deceitful <06140> methods <05410>, and whoever <03605> deals <01869> with them <01992> is unfamiliar <03045> <03808> with peace <07965>.
9For this reason <03651> <05921> deliverance <04941> is far <07368> from <04480> us and salvation <06666> does not <03808> reach <05381> us. We wait <06960> for light <0216>, but see <02009> only darkness <02822>; we wait for a bright light <05054>, but live <01980> in deep darkness <0653>.
10We grope <01659> along the wall <07023> like the blind <05787>, we grope <01659> like those who cannot <0369> see <05869>; we stumble <03782> at noontime <06672> as if it were evening <05399>. Though others are strong <0820>, we are like dead <04191> men.
11We all <03605> growl <01993> like bears <01677>, we coo mournfully <01897> <01897> like doves <03123>; we wait <06960> for deliverance <04941>, but there is none <0369>, for salvation <03444>, but it is far <07368> from <04480> us.
12For <03588> you are aware of our many <07235> rebellious deeds <06588>, and our sins <02403> testify <06030> against <05048> us; indeed <03588>, we are aware of our rebellious deeds <06588>; we know <03045> our sins <05771> all too well.
13We have rebelled <06586> and tried to deceive <03584> the Lord <03068>; we turned back <05253> from following <0310> our God <0430>. We stir up <01696> oppression <06233> and rebellion <05627>; we tell lies <02029> we concocted <08267> <01697> <01897> in our minds <03820>.
14Justice <04941> is driven <05253> back <0268>; godliness <06666> stands <05975> far off <07350>. Indeed <03588>, honesty <0571> stumbles <03782> in the city square <07339> and morality <05229> is not <03808> even able <03201> to enter <0935>.
15Honesty <0571> has <01961> disappeared <05737>; the one who tries to avoid <05493> evil <07451> is robbed <07997>. The Lord <03068> watches <07200> and is displeased <05869> <07489>, for <03588> there is no <0369> justice <04941>.
16He sees <07200> there is no <0369> advocate <0376>; he is shocked <08074> that <03588> no <0369> one intervenes <06293>. So he takes matters <03467> into his own hands <02220>; his desire for justice <06666> drives <05564> him on <05564>.
17He wears <03847> his desire for justice <06666> like body armor <08302>, and his desire to deliver <03444> is like a helmet <03553> on his head <07218>. He puts on <03847> the garments <0899> of vengeance <08516> <05359> and wears <05844> zeal <07068> like a robe <04598>.
18He repays <07999> them for what they have done, dispensing <01578> angry <02534> judgment <01576> to his adversaries <06862> and punishing <01576> his enemies <0341>. He repays <07999> the coastlands <0339>.
19In the west <04628>, people respect <03372> the <0853> Lord’s <03068> reputation <08034>; in the east <04217> they recognize his splendor <03519>. For <03588> he comes <0935> like a rushing <06862> stream <05104> driven <05127> on by wind <07307> sent from the Lord <03068>.
20“A protector <01350> comes <0935> to Zion <06726>, to those in Jacob <03290> who repent <07725> of their rebellious deeds <06588>,” says <05002> the Lord <03068>.
21“As for me <0589>, this <02063> is my promise <01285> to <0854> them,” says <0559> the Lord <03068>. “My spirit <07307>, who <0834> is upon <05921> you, and my words <01697>, which <0834> I have placed <07760> in your mouth <06310>, will not <03808> depart <04185> from your mouth <06310> or from the mouths <06310> of your children <02233> and descendants <02233> from this time <06258> forward <05769> <05704>,” says <0559> the Lord <03068>.