¹² For our offenses^(A) are many in your sight,
    and our sins testify^(B) against us.
Our offenses are ever with us,
    and we acknowledge our iniquities:^(C)
13 rebellion^(D) and treachery against the Lord,
    turning our backs^(E) on our God,
inciting revolt and oppression,^(F)
    uttering lies^(G) our hearts have conceived.
¹⁴ So justice^(H) is driven back,
    and righteousness^(I) stands at a distance;
truth^(J) has stumbled in the streets,
    honesty cannot enter.
¹⁵ Truth^(K) is nowhere to be found,
    and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey.

The Lord looked and was displeased
    that there was no justice.^(L)
16 He saw that there was no one,^(M)
    he was appalled that there was no one to intervene;^(N)
so his own arm achieved salvation^(O) for him,
    and his own righteousness^(P) sustained him.
¹⁷ He put on righteousness as his breastplate,^(Q)
    and the helmet^(R) of salvation on his head;
he put on the garments^(S) of vengeance^(T)
    and wrapped himself in zeal^(U) as in a cloak.
¹⁸ According to what they have done,
    so will he repay^(V)
wrath to his enemies
    and retribution to his foes;
    he will repay the islands^(W) their due.
¹⁹ From the west,^(X) people will fear the name of the Lord,
    and from the rising of the sun,^(Y) they will revere his glory.^(Z)
For he will come like a pent-up flood
    that the breath^(AA) of the Lord drives along.^[a]

²⁰ “The Redeemer^(AB) will come to Zion,^(AC)
    to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,”^(AD)
declares the Lord.