59 Behold, ^(A)the Lord’s hand is not so short
That it cannot save;
^(B)Nor is His ear so dull
That it cannot hear.
² But your ^(C)wrongdoings have caused a separation between you and your God,
And your sins have hidden His ^[a]face from you so that He does ^(D)not hear.
³ For your ^(E)hands are defiled with blood,
And your fingers with wrongdoing;
Your lips have spoken ^(F)deceit,
Your tongue mutters wickedness.
^4 (G)No one sues righteously and ^(H)no one pleads ^[b]honestly.
They ^(I)trust in confusion and speak lies;
They ^(J)conceive trouble and give birth to disaster.
⁵ They hatch vipers’ eggs and ^(K)weave the spider’s web;
The one who eats of their eggs dies,
And from what is crushed, a snake breaks out.
⁶ Their webs will not become clothing,
Nor will they ^(L)cover themselves with their works;
Their ^(M)works are works of wrongdoing,
And an ^(N)act of violence is in their ^[c]hands.
^7 (O)Their feet run to evil,
And they hurry to shed innocent blood;
^(P)Their thoughts are thoughts of wrongdoing,
Devastation and destruction are in their paths.
⁸ They do not know the ^(Q)way of peace,
And there is ^(R)no justice in their tracks;
They have made their paths crooked,
^(S)Whoever walks on ^[d]them does not know peace.

⁹ Therefore ^(T)justice is far from us,
And righteousness does not reach us;
We ^(U)hope for light, but there is darkness,
For brightness, but we walk in gloom.
¹⁰ We ^(V)grope for the wall like people who are blind,
We grope like those who have no eyes.
We ^(W)stumble at midday as in the twilight;
Among those who are healthy we are ^(X)like the dead.
¹¹ All of us growl like bears,
And ^(Y)moan sadly like doves;
We hope for ^(Z)justice, but there is none;
For salvation, but it is far from us.
¹² For our ^(AA)wrongful acts have multiplied before You,
And our ^(AB)sins have testified against us;
For our wrongful acts are with us,
And ^[e]we know our wrongdoings:
^13 [f]Offending and ^(AC)denying the Lord,
And turning away from our God,
Speaking ^(AD)oppression and revolt,
Conceiving and ^(AE)uttering lying words from the heart.
^14 (AF)Justice is turned back,
And ^(AG)righteousness stands far away;
For truth has stumbled in the street,
And uprightness cannot enter.
¹⁵ Truth is lacking,
And one who turns aside from evil ^(AH)makes himself a prey.
Now the Lord saw,
And it was ^[g]displeasing in His sight ^(AI)that there was no justice.
¹⁶ And He saw that there was ^(AJ)no one,
And was amazed that there was not one to intercede;
Then His ^(AK)own arm brought salvation to Him,
And His righteousness upheld Him.
¹⁷ He put on ^(AL)righteousness like a breastplate,
And a ^(AM)helmet of salvation on His head;
And He put on ^(AN)garments of vengeance for clothing
And wrapped Himself with ^(AO)zeal as a cloak.
^18 (AP)According to their deeds, ^[h]so will He repay:
Wrath to His adversaries, ^[i]retribution to His enemies;
To the coastlands He will ^[j]deal ^[k]retribution.
¹⁹ So they will fear the name of the Lord from the ^(AQ)west
And His glory from the ^(AR)rising of the sun,
For He will ^(AS)come like a ^[l]rushing stream
Which the wind of the Lord drives.
²⁰ “A ^(AT)Redeemer will come to Zion,
And to those in Jacob who ^(AU)turn from wrongdoing,” declares the Lord.

⁷ There is one who ^(A)pretends to be rich but has nothing;
Another pretends to be ^(B)poor, but has great wealth.
⁸ The ransom of a person’s life is his wealth,
But the poor hears no rebuke.
⁹ The ^(C)light of the righteous ^[a]rejoices,
But the ^(D)lamp of the wicked goes out.
¹⁰ Through overconfidence ^[b]comes nothing but strife,
But wisdom is with those who receive counsel.
¹¹ Wealth obtained from ^[c]nothing dwindles,
But one who gathers ^[d]by labor increases it.
¹² Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
But desire ^[e]fulfilled is a tree of life.