1	Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened# , that it cannot save# ; neither his ear heavy# , that it cannot hear# :
			2	But your iniquities have separated# between you and your God, and your sins have hid# his face from you, that he will not hear# . [have hid: or, have made him hide]
			3	For your hands are defiled# with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken# lies, your tongue hath muttered# perverseness.
			4	None calleth# for justice, nor any pleadeth# for truth: they trust# in vanity, and speak# lies; they conceive# mischief, and bring forth# iniquity.
			5	They hatch# cockatrice' eggs, and weave# the spider's web: he that eateth# of their eggs dieth# , and that which is crushed breaketh out# into a viper. [cockatrice': or, adder's] [crushed...: or, sprinkled is as if there brake out a viper]
			6	Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover# themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
			7	Their feet run# to evil, and they make haste# to shed# innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths. [destruction: Heb. breaking]
			8	The way of peace they know# not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked# paths: whosoever goeth# therein shall not know# peace. [judgment: or, right]
			9	Therefore is judgment far# from us, neither doth justice overtake# us: we wait# for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk# in darkness.
			10	We grope# for the wall like the blind, and we grope# as if we had no eyes: we stumble# at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead# men .
			11	We roar# all like bears, and mourn# sore# like doves: we look# for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off# from us.
			12	For our transgressions are multiplied# before thee, and our sins testify# against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know# them;
			13	In transgressing# and lying# against the LORD, and departing away# from our God, speaking# oppression and revolt, conceiving# and uttering# from the heart words of falsehood.
			14	And judgment is turned away# backward, and justice standeth# afar off: for truth is fallen# in the street, and equity cannot# enter# .
			15	Yea, truth faileth# ; and he that departeth# from evil maketh himself a prey# : and the LORD saw# it , and it displeased# # him that there was no judgment. [maketh...: or, is accounted mad] [it displeased...: Heb. it was evil in his eyes]
			16	And he saw# that there was no man, and wondered# that there was no intercessor# : therefore his arm brought salvation# unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained# him.
			17	For he put on# righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on# the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad# with zeal as a cloke.
			18	According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay# , fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies# ; to the islands he will repay# recompence. [deeds: Heb. recompences]
			19	So shall they fear# the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in# like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard# against him. [lift...: or, put him to flight]
			20	And the Redeemer# shall come# to Zion, and unto them that turn# from transgression in Jacob, saith# the LORD.
			21	As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith# the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put# in thy mouth, shall not depart# out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith# the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.