59 Indeed, the Lord’s hand is not too short to save,^(A)
and His ear is not too deaf to hear.
² But your iniquities^(B) have built barriers
between you and your God,
and your sins have made Him hide His face from you^(C)
so that He does not listen.^(D)
3 For your hands are defiled with blood
and your fingers, with iniquity;
your lips have spoken lies,
and your tongues mutter injustice.
⁴ No one makes claims justly;
no one pleads honestly.
They trust in empty and worthless words;
they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.^(E)
5 They hatch viper’s eggs
and weave spider’s webs.
Whoever eats their eggs will die;
crack one open, and a viper is hatched.
⁶ Their webs cannot become clothing,
and they cannot cover themselves with their works.
Their works are sinful works,
and violent acts are in their hands.
⁷ Their feet run after evil,^(F)
and they rush to shed innocent blood.^(G)
Their thoughts are sinful thoughts;^(H)
ruin and wretchedness are in their paths.
⁸ They have not known the path of peace,^(I)
and there is no justice in their ways.
They have made their roads crooked;
no one who walks on them will know peace.^(J)