13 “If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath(A)
    and from doing as you please on my holy day,
if you call the Sabbath a delight(B)
    and the Lord’s holy day honorable,
and if you honor it by not going your own way
    and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,(C)
14 then you will find your joy(D) in the Lord,
    and I will cause you to ride in triumph on the heights(E) of the land
    and to feast on the inheritance(F) of your father Jacob.”
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.(G)

Sin, Confession and Redemption

59 Surely the arm(H) of the Lord is not too short(I) to save,
    nor his ear too dull to hear.(J)
But your iniquities have separated(K)
    you from your God;
your sins have hidden his face from you,
    so that he will not hear.(L)
For your hands are stained with blood,(M)
    your fingers with guilt.(N)
Your lips have spoken falsely,(O)
    and your tongue mutters wicked things.
No one calls for justice;(P)
    no one pleads a case with integrity.
They rely(Q) on empty arguments, they utter lies;(R)
    they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.(S)
They hatch the eggs of vipers(T)
    and spin a spider’s web.(U)
Whoever eats their eggs will die,
    and when one is broken, an adder is hatched.
Their cobwebs are useless for clothing;
    they cannot cover themselves with what they make.(V)
Their deeds are evil deeds,
    and acts of violence(W) are in their hands.
Their feet rush into sin;
    they are swift to shed innocent blood.(X)
They pursue evil schemes;(Y)
    acts of violence mark their ways.(Z)

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