1 GLT Behold, the hand of Yahweh{ is} not too short to save, and not his ear too dull to hear. BSB BSB: Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.
2 GLT Your transgressions, however, have caused separation between you{ and} between your God, and your sins have made him hide{ his} face from you{ so} he does not hear. BSB BSB: But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.
3 GLT For your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with sin. Your lips speak falsehood; your tongue murmurs evil. BSB BSB: For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.
4 GLT None calls in righteousness, and none pleads his case in truth, trusting in emptiness and speaking vanity, conceiving trouble and birthing sin. BSB BSB: No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
5 GLT The eggs of a poisonous snake they hatch, and the web of a spider they weave. Whoever eats of their eggs dies, and{ when} one is crushed, an adder is hatched. BSB BSB: They hatch the eggs of vipers and weave a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die; crack one open, and a viper is hatched.
6 GLT Their webs are not for garments, and they do not cover themselves with their works. Their works{ are} works of sin, and deeds of violence{ are} in their hands. BSB BSB: Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.
7 GLT Their feet run to evil, and they hasten to spill innocent blood. Their thoughts{ are} thoughts of sin; violence and destruction{ are} their roads. BSB BSB: Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.
8 GLT The way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their tracks. They distorted their paths; all who travel it do not know peace. BSB BSB: The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace.
9 GLT Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We wait for light, but behold, darkness; for brightness,{ but} we walk in gloom. BSB BSB: Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
10 GLT We grope the wall as the blind, and as though without eyes we grope. We stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among the strong as the dead. BSB BSB: Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall, groping like those without eyes. We stumble at midday as in the twilight; among the vigorous we are like the dead.
11 GLT We growl like bears, all of us, and like doves, mourn sadly; we wait for justice, but{ there is} none; for rescue,{ but} it is far from us. BSB BSB: We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.
12 GLT For our many transgressions{ are} before you, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions{ are} with us, and our iniquities we know: BSB BSB: For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions are indeed with us, and we know our iniquities:
13 GLT rebelling, and denying Yahweh and turning away from after our God, speaking extortion and turning aside, conceiving and complaining from the heart words of falsehood. BSB BSB: rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.
14 GLT And justice is driven back, and righteousness stands far off; for truth stumbles in the plaza, and straightforwardness is not able to come. BSB BSB: So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.
15 GLT And it happens{ that} truth is missing, and he who turns away from evil makes himself plunder. And Yahweh saw, and it was evil in his eyes that there was no justice. BSB BSB: Truth is missing, and whoever turns from evil becomes prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice.
16 GLT And he saw that there was no man, and was amazed that there was no intercessor. So his arm brought salvation for him, and his righteousness was his support. BSB BSB: He saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him.
17 GLT And he put on righteousness as a breastplate and a helmet of salvation upon his head, and he clothed himself with garments of vengeance{ for} clothing and wore zeal as a mantle. BSB BSB: He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal.
18 GLT As all the deeds{ will be} as all he repays, anger to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies, to the islands he will pay the reward. BSB BSB: So He will repay according to their deeds: fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and recompense to the islands.
19 GLT And they will fear the name of Yahweh from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun; for he will come as a rushing stream, driven by the breath of Yahweh. BSB BSB: So shall they fear the name of the LORD where the sun sets, and His glory where it rises. For He will come like a raging flood, driven by the breath of the LORD.
20 GLT “And a redeemer will come to Zion and to those who turn{ from} their rebellious deeds in Jacob”— the declaration of Yahweh. BSB BSB: “The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the LORD.
21 GLT “And{ as for} me, this{ is} my covenant with them,” says Yahweh.“My Spirit who{ is} upon you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, will not leave your mouth, or the mouths of your seed, or the mouths of the seed of your seed,“says Yahweh,“from now and to eternity.” BSB BSB: “As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchildren, from now on and forevermore,” says the LORD.
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