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World English Bible Classic
[1] Behold, Yahweh’s hand is not shortened, that it can’t save;
nor his ear dull, that it can’t hear.
[2] But your iniquities have separated you and your God,
and your sins have hidden his face from you,
so that he will not hear.
[3] For your hands are defiled with blood,
and your fingers with iniquity.
Your lips have spoken lies.
Your tongue mutters wickedness.
[4] No one sues in righteousness,
and no one pleads in truth.
They trust in vanity
and speak lies.
They conceive mischief
and give birth to iniquity.
[5] They hatch adders’ eggs
and weave the spider’s web.
He who eats of their eggs dies;
and that which is crushed breaks out into a viper.
[6] Their webs won’t become garments.
They won’t cover themselves with their works.
Their works are works of iniquity,
and acts of violence are in their hands.
[7] Their feet run to evil,
and they hurry to shed innocent blood.
Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity.
Desolation and destruction are in their paths.
[8] They don’t know the way of peace;
and there is no justice in their ways.
They have made crooked paths for themselves;
whoever goes in them doesn’t know peace. [9] Therefore justice is far from us,
and righteousness doesn’t overtake us.
We look for light, but see darkness;
for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.
[10] We grope for the wall like the blind.
Yes, we grope as those who have no eyes.
We stumble at noon as if it were twilight.
Among those who are strong, we are like dead men.
[11] We all roar like bears
and moan sadly like doves.
We look for justice, but there is none,
for salvation, but it is far off from us. [12] For our transgressions are multiplied before you,
and our sins testify against us;
for our transgressions are with us,
and as for our iniquities, we know them:
[13] transgressing and denying Yahweh,
and turning away from following our God,
speaking oppression and revolt,
conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
[14] Justice is turned away backward,
and righteousness stands far away;
for truth has fallen in the street,
and uprightness can’t enter.
[15] Yes, truth is lacking;
and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey.Yahweh saw it,
and it displeased him that there was no justice.
[16] He saw that there was no man,
and wondered that there was no intercessor.
Therefore his own arm brought salvation to him;
and his righteousness sustained him.
[17] He put on righteousness as a breastplate,
and a helmet of salvation on his head.
He put on garments of vengeance for clothing,
and was clad with zeal as a mantle.
[18] According to their deeds,
he will repay as appropriate:
wrath to his adversaries,
recompense to his enemies.
He will repay the islands their due.
[19] So they will fear Yahweh’s name from the west,
and his glory from the rising of the sun;
for he will come as a rushing stream,
which Yahweh’s breath drives. [20] “A Redeemer will come to Zion,
and to those who turn from disobedience in Jacob,” says Yahweh. [21] “As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says Yahweh. “My Spirit who is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your offspring, nor out of the mouth of your offspring’s offspring,” says Yahweh, “from now on and forever.”
King James Version
[1] Behold, H2005 the Lord’s H3068 hand H3027 is not shortened, H7114 that it cannot save; H3467 neither his ear H241 heavy, H3513 that it cannot hear: H8085 [2] but your iniquities H5771 have separated H914 between H996 you and your God, H430 and your sins H2403 have hid H5641§ his face H6440 from you, that he will not hear. H8085 [3] For H3588 your hands H3709 are defiled H1351 with blood, H1818 and your fingers H676 with iniquity; H5771 your lips H8193 have spoken H1696 lies, H8267 your tongue H3956 hath muttered H1897 perverseness. H5766 [4] None calleth H7121 for justice, H6664 nor any pleadeth H8199 for truth: H530 they trust H982 in vanity, H8414 and speak H1696 lies; H7723 they conceive H2029 mischief, H5999 and bring forth H3205 iniquity. H205 [5] They hatch H1234 cockatrice’§ H6848 eggs, H1000 and weave H707 the spider’s H5908 web: H6980 he that eateth H398 of their eggs H1000 dieth, H4191 and that which is crushed H2116 breaketh out H1234 into a viper. H660§ [6] Their webs H6980 shall H899 not H3808 become garments, H899 neither shall they cover H3680 themselves with their works: H4639 their works H4639 are works H4639 of iniquity, H205 and the act H6467 of violence H2555 is in their hands. H3709 [7] Their feet H7272 run H7323 to evil, H7451 and they make haste H4116 to shed H8210 innocent H5355 blood: H1818 their thoughts H4284 are thoughts H4284 of iniquity; H205 wasting H7701 and destruction H7667§ are in their paths. H4546 [8] The way H1870 of peace H7965 they know H3045 not; and there is no judgment§ H4941 in their goings: H4570 they have made them crooked H6140 paths: H5410 whosoever goeth H1869 therein shall not know H3045 peace. H7965 [9] Therefore is judgment H4941 far H7368 from H4480 us, neither doth justice H6666 overtake H5381 us: we wait H6960 for light, H216 but behold obscurity; H2822 for brightness, H5054 but we walk H1980 in darkness. H653 [10] We grope H1659 for the wall H7023 like the blind, H5787 and we grope H1659 as if we had no eyes: H5869 we stumble H3782 at noon day H6672 as in the night; H5399 we are in desolate H820 places as dead H4191 men. [11] We roar H1993 all H3605 like bears, H1677 and mourn H1897 sore H1897 like doves: H3123 we look H6960 for judgment, H4941 but there is none; for salvation, H3444 but it is far off H7368 from us. [12] For H3588 our transgressions H6588 are multiplied H7231 before thee, and our sins H2403 testify H6030 against us: for our transgressions H6588 are with us; and as for our iniquities, H5771 we know H3045 them; [13] in transgressing H6586 and lying H3584 against the Lord, H3068 and departing away H5253 from H310 our God, H430 speaking H1696 oppression H6233 and revolt, H5627 conceiving H2029 and uttering H1897 from the heart H3820 words H1697 of falsehood. H8267 [14] And judgment H4941 is turned away H5253 backward, H268 and justice H6666 standeth H5975 afar off: H7350 for H3588 truth H571 is fallen H3782 in the street, H7339 and equity H5229 cannot H3201 enter. H935 [15] Yea, truth H571 faileth; H5737 and he that departeth H5493 from evil H7451 maketh himself a prey: H7997§ and the Lord H3068 saw H7200 it, and it displeased H3415 H5869 him§ that there was no judgment. H4941 [16] And he saw H7200 that there was no man, H376 and wondered H8074 that there was no intercessor: H6293 therefore his arm H2220 brought salvation H3467 unto him; and his righteousness, H6666 it sustained H5564 him. [17] For he put on H3847 righteousness H6666 as a breastplate, H8302 and an helmet H3553 of salvation H3444 upon his head; H7218 and he put on H3847 the garments H899 of vengeance H5359 for clothing, H8516 and was clad H5844 with zeal H7068 as a cloke. H4598 [18] According to H5921 their deeds, H1578§ accordingly he will repay, H7999 fury H2534 to his adversaries, H6862 recompence H1576 to his enemies; H341 to the islands H339 he will repay H7999 recompence. H1576 [19] So shall they fear H3372 H853 the name H8034 of the Lord H3068 from the west, H4628 H853 and his glory H3519 from the rising H4217 of the sun. H8121 When the enemy H6862 shall come in H935 like a flood, H5104 the Spirit H7307 of the Lord H3068 shall lift up a standard H5127§ against him. [20] And the Redeemer H1350 shall come H935 to Zion, H6726 and unto them that turn H7725 from transgression H6588 in Jacob, H3290 saith H5002 the Lord. H3068 [21] As for me, this is my covenant H1285 with H854 them, saith H559 the Lord; H3068 My spirit H7307 that is upon thee, and my words H1697 which H834 I have put H7760 in thy mouth, H6310 shall H4185 not H3808 depart H4185 out of thy mouth, H6310 nor out of the mouth H6310 of thy seed, H2233 nor out of the mouth H6310 of thy seed’s H2233 seed, H2233 saith H559 the Lord, H3068 from henceforth and for H5704 ever. H5769

Footnotes

  1. § 59:2 Or, have made him hide
  2. § 59:5a Or, adders
  3. § 59:5b Or, that which is sprinkled is as if there brake out a viper
  4. § 59:7 Heb. breaking
  5. § 59:8 Or, right
  6. § 59:15a Or, is accounted mad
  7. § 59:15b Heb. it was evil in his eyes
  8. § 59:18 Heb. recompences
  9. § 59:19 Or, put him to flight
Septuaginta
[1] Μὴ G3361 οὐκ G3756 ἰσχύει G2480 ἡ G3588 χεὶρ G5495 κυρίου G2962 τοῦ G3588 σῶσαι; G4982 Ἢ G2228 ἐβάρυνεν G925 τὸ G3588 οὖς G3775 αὐτοῦ G846 τοῦ G3588 μὴ G3361 εἰσακοῦσαι; G1522 [2] Ἀλλὰ G235 τὰ G3588 ἁμαρτήματα G265 ὑμῶν G5216 διιστῶσιν G1339 ἀνὰ G303 μέσον G3319 ὑμῶν G5216 καὶ G2532 τοῦ G3588 θεοῦ, G2316 καὶ G2532 διὰ G1223 τὰς G3588 ἁμαρτίας G266 ὑμῶν G5216 ἀπέστρεψεν G654 τὸ G3588 πρόσωπον G4383 αὐτοῦ G846 ἀφ’ G575 ὑμῶν G5216 τοῦ G3588 μὴ G3361 ἐλεῆσαι. G1653 [3] Αἱ G3588 γὰρ G1063 χεῖρες G5495 ὑμῶν G5216 μεμολυμμέναι G3435 αἵματι G129 καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 δάκτυλοι G1147 ὑμῶν G5216 ἐν G1722 ἁμαρτίαις, G266 τὰ G3588 δὲ G1161 χείλη G5491 ὑμῶν G5216 ἐλάλησεν G2980 ἀνομίαν, G458 καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 γλῶσσα G1100 ὑμῶν G5216 ἀδικίαν G93 μελετᾷ. G3191 [4] Οὐδεὶς G3762 λαλεῖ G2980 δίκαια, G1342 οὐδὲ G3761 ἔστιν G2076 κρίσις G2920 ἀληθινή· G228 πεποίθασιν G3982 ἐπὶ G1909 ματαίοις G3152 καὶ G2532 λαλοῦσιν G2980 κενά, G2756 ὅτι G3754 κύουσιν πόνον G4192 καὶ G2532 τίκτουσιν G5088 ἀνομίαν. G458 [5] ᾨὰ G5609 ἀσπίδων G785 ἔρρηξαν G4486 καὶ G2532 ἱστὸν ἀράχνης ὑφαίνουσιν· καὶ G2532 ὁ G3588 μέλλων G3195 τῶν G3588 ᾠῶν G5609 αὐτῶν G846 φαγεῖν G5315 συντρίψας G4937 οὔριον εὗρεν, G2147 καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 αὐτῷ G846 βασιλίσκος· [6] ὁ G3588 ἱστὸς αὐτῶν G846 οὐκ G3756 ἔσται G2071 εἰς G1519 ἱμάτιον, G2440 οὐδὲ G3761 μὴ G3361 περιβάλωνται G4016 ἀπὸ G575 τῶν G3588 ἔργων G2041 αὐτῶν· G846 τὰ G3588 γὰρ G1063 ἔργα G2041 αὐτῶν G846 ἔργα G2041 ἀνομίας. G458 [7] Οἱ G3588 δὲ G1161 πόδες G4228 αὐτῶν G846 ἐπὶ G1909 πονηρίαν G4189 τρέχουσιν G5143 ταχινοὶ G5031 ἐκχέαι G1632 αἷμα· G129 καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 διαλογισμοὶ G1261 αὐτῶν G846 διαλογισμοὶ G1261 ἀφρόνων, G878 σύντριμμα G4938 καὶ G2532 ταλαιπωρία G5004 ἐν G1722 ταῖς G3588 ὁδοῖς G3598 αὐτῶν. G846 [8] Καὶ G2532 ὁδὸν G3598 εἰρήνης G1515 οὐκ G3756 οἴδασιν, G1492 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἔστιν G2076 κρίσις G2920 ἐν G1722 ταῖς G3588 ὁδοῖς G3598 αὐτῶν· G846 αἱ G3588 γὰρ G1063 τρίβοι G5147 αὐτῶν G846 διεστραμμέναι, G1294 ἃς G3739 διοδεύουσιν, G1353 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 οἴδασιν G1492 εἰρήνην. G1515 [9] Διὰ G1223 τοῦτο G5124 ἀπέστη G868 ἡ G3588 κρίσις G2920 ἀπ’ G575 αὐτῶν, G846 καὶ G2532 οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 καταλάβῃ G2638 αὐτοὺς G846 δικαιοσύνη· G1343 ὑπομεινάντων G5278 αὐτῶν G846 φῶς G5457 ἐγένετο G1096 αὐτοῖς G846 σκότος, G4655 μείναντες G3306 αὐγὴν G827 ἐν G1722 ἀωρίᾳ περιεπάτησαν. G4043 [10] Ψηλαφήσουσιν G5584 ὡς G5613 τυφλοὶ G5185 τοῖχον G5109 καὶ G2532 ὡς G5613 οὐχ G3756 ὑπαρχόντων G5224 ὀφθαλμῶν G3788 ψηλαφήσουσιν· G5584 καὶ G2532 πεσοῦνται G4098 ἐν G1722 μεσημβρίᾳ G3314 ὡς G5613 ἐν G1722 μεσονυκτίῳ, G3317 ὡς G5613 ἀποθνῄσκοντες G599 στενάξουσιν. G4727 [11] Ὡς G5613 ἄρκος G715 καὶ G2532 ὡς G5613 περιστερὰ G4058 ἅμα G260 πορεύσονται· G4198 ἀνεμείναμεν G362 κρίσιν, G2920 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἔστιν· G2076 σωτηρία G4991 μακρὰν G3112 ἀφέστηκεν G868 ἀφ’ G575 ἡμῶν. G2257 [12] Πολλὴ G4183 γὰρ G1063 ἡμῶν G2257 ἡ G3588 ἀνομία G458 ἐναντίον G1726 σου, G4675 καὶ G2532 αἱ G3588 ἁμαρτίαι G266 ἡμῶν G2257 ἀντέστησαν G436 ἡμῖν· G2254 αἱ G3588 γὰρ G1063 ἀνομίαι G458 ἡμῶν G2257 ἐν G1722 ἡμῖν, G2254 καὶ G2532 τὰ G3588 ἀδικήματα G92 ἡμῶν G2257 ἔγνωμεν· G1097 [13] ἠσεβήσαμεν G764 καὶ G2532 ἐψευσάμεθα G5574 καὶ G2532 ἀπέστημεν G868 ἀπὸ G575 ὄπισθεν G3693 τοῦ G3588 θεοῦ G2316 ἡμῶν· G2257 ἐλαλήσαμεν G2980 ἄδικα G94 καὶ G2532 ἠπειθήσαμεν, G544 ἐκύομεν καὶ G2532 ἐμελετήσαμεν G3191 ἀπὸ G575 καρδίας G2588 ἡμῶν G2257 λόγους G3056 ἀδίκους· G94 [14] καὶ G2532 ἀπεστήσαμεν G868 ὀπίσω G3694 τὴν G3588 κρίσιν, G2920 καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 δικαιοσύνη G1343 μακρὰν G3112 ἀφέστηκεν, G868 ὅτι G3754 καταναλώθη G2654 ἐν G1722 ταῖς G3588 ὁδοῖς G3598 αὐτῶν G846 ἡ G3588 ἀλήθεια, G225 καὶ G2532 δι’ G1223 εὐθείας G2117 οὐκ G3756 ἠδύναντο G1410 διελθεῖν. G1330 [15] Καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 ἀλήθεια G225 ἦρται, G142 καὶ G2532 μετέστησαν G3179 τὴν G3588 διάνοιαν G1271 τοῦ G3588 συνιέναι· G4920 καὶ G2532 εἶδεν G1492 κύριος, G2962 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἤρεσεν G700 αὐτῷ, G846 ὅτι G3754 οὐκ G3756 ἦν G2258 κρίσις. G2920 [16] Καὶ G2532 εἶδεν G1492 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἦν G2258 ἀνήρ, G435 καὶ G2532 κατενόησεν G2657 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἦν G2258 ὁ G3588 ἀντιλημψόμενος, G482 καὶ G2532 ἠμύνατο G292 αὐτοὺς G846 τῷ G3588 βραχίονι G1023 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 τῇ G3588 ἐλεημοσύνῃ G1654 ἐστηρίσατο. G4741 [17] Καὶ G2532 ἐνεδύσατο G1746 δικαιοσύνην G1343 ὡς G5613 θώρακα G2382 καὶ G2532 περιέθετο G4060 περικεφαλαίαν G4030 σωτηρίου G4992 ἐπὶ G1909 τῆς G3588 κεφαλῆς G2776 καὶ G2532 περιεβάλετο G4016 ἱμάτιον G2440 ἐκδικήσεως G1557 καὶ G2532 τὸ G3588 περιβόλαιον G4018 [18] ὡς G5613 ἀνταποδώσων G467 ἀνταπόδοσιν G469 ὄνειδος G3681 τοῖς G3588 ὑπεναντίοις. G5227 [19] Καὶ G2532 φοβηθήσονται G5399 οἱ G3588 ἀπὸ G575 δυσμῶν G1424 τὸ G3588 ὄνομα G3686 κυρίου G2962 καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 ἀπ’ G575 ἀνατολῶν G395 ἡλίου G2246 τὸ G3588 ὄνομα G3686 τὸ G3588 ἔνδοξον· G1741 ἥξει G2240 γὰρ G1063 ὡς G5613 ποταμὸς G4215 βίαιος G972 ἡ G3588 ὀργὴ G3709 παρὰ G3844 κυρίου, G2962 ἥξει G2240 μετὰ G3326 θυμοῦ. G2372 [20] Καὶ G2532 ἥξει G2240 ἕνεκεν G1752 Σιων G4622 ὁ G3588 ῥυόμενος G4506 καὶ G2532 ἀποστρέψει G654 ἀσεβείας G763 ἀπὸ G575 Ιακωβ. G2384 [21] Καὶ G2532 αὕτη G3778 αὐτοῖς G846 ἡ G3588 παρ’ G3844 ἐμοῦ G1699 διαθήκη, G1242 εἶπεν G2036 κύριος· G2962 τὸ G3588 πνεῦμα G4151 τὸ G3588 ἐμόν, G1699 ὅ G3739 ἐστιν G2076 ἐπὶ G1909 σοί, G4671 καὶ G2532 τὰ G3588 ῥήματα, G4487 ἃ G3739 ἔδωκα G1325 εἰς G1519 τὸ G3588 στόμα G4750 σου, G4675 οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 ἐκλίπῃ G1587 ἐκ G1537 τοῦ G3588 στόματός G4750 σου G4675 καὶ G2532 ἐκ G1537 τοῦ G3588 στόματος G4750 τοῦ G3588 σπέρματός G4690 σου, G4675 εἶπεν G2036 γὰρ G1063 κύριος, G2962 ἀπὸ G575 τοῦ G3588 νῦν G3568 καὶ G2532 εἰς G1519 τὸν G3588 αἰῶνα. G165
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament