59 Behold, ^(A)the hand of Yahweh is not so short
That it cannot save;
^(B)Nor is His ear so ^[a]dull
That it cannot hear.
² But your ^(C)iniquities have made a separation between you and your God,
And your sins have hidden His ^[b]face from you so that He does ^(D)not hear.
³ For your ^(E)hands are defiled with blood
And your fingers with iniquity;
Your lips have spoken a ^(F)lie;
Your tongue mutters unrighteousness.
^4 (G)No one calls in righteousness, and ^(H)no one seeks justice in truth.
They ^(I)trust in ^[c]confusion and speak worthlessness;
They ^(J)conceive trouble and give birth to wickedness.
⁵ They break open vipers’ eggs and ^(K)weave the spider’s web;
He who eats of their eggs dies,
And from that which is crushed a snake breaks forth.
⁶ Their webs will not become a garment,
Nor will they ^(L)cover themselves with their works;
Their ^(M)works are works of wickedness,
And a ^(N)deed of violence is in their ^[d]hands.
^7 (O)Their feet run to evil,
And they are quick to shed innocent blood;
^(P)Their thoughts are thoughts of wickedness;
Devastation and destruction are in their highways.
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 treads on ^[e]them does not know peace.