Rotherham(i)
1 Lo! the hand of Yahweh is not too short, to save,––Neither is his ear too heavy, to hear.
2 But, your iniquities, have become separators betwixt you and your God, And, your sins, have caused a hiding of face from you, that he should not hear.
3 For, your hands, are defiled with blood, And, your fingers, with iniquity,––Your lips, have spoken falsehood, and, Your tongue, muttereth, perversity.
4 None, sueth in righteousness, and, None, pleadeth in faithfulness,––Men are trusting in confusion, And speaking vanity, Conceiving wickedness, And bringing forth iniquity:
5 Viper’s eggs, do they hatch, Spider’s threads, do they weave,––He that eateth of their eggs, dieth, And, that which is crushed, bringeth forth an adder;
6 Their threads, shall not become a garment, Neither shall they cover themselves with their fabrics,––Their fabrics, are fabrics of iniquity, Yea, the product of violence, is in their hands;
7 Their feet, to mischief, do run, And they speed to shed innocent blood,––Their devices, are devices of iniquity, Wasting and destruction, are in their high roads;
8 The way of well–being, have they not known, And there is no justice in their tracks,––Their paths, have they made crooked for themselves, None, who treadeth therein, knoweth well––being.
9 For this cause, hath justice removed far, from us, And righteousness overtaketh, us not,––We wait for light, But lo! darkness, For brightness, In thick darkness, we walk: 10 We grope, as blind men, for a wall, Yea, as men without, eyes, do we grope,––We have stumbled, at broad noon, as though it were twilight, In desolate places, like the dead! 11 We growl like bears, all of us, And, like doves, do we, mournfully coo,––We wait, For justice, and there is, none, For salvation, it is far from us! 12 For our transgressions have multiplied, before thee, And, our sins, have witnessed against us,––For, our transgressions, are with us, And, as for our iniquities, we acknowledge them: 13 Transgressing, and denying Yahweh, And turning away from following our God,––Speaking oppression and revolt, Conceiving, and muttering from the heart, words of falsehood. 14 So then there hath been a driving back of justice, And, righteousness, afar off, standeth,––For truth, hath stumbled in the broadway, And, right, cannot enter; 15 And, the truth, hath been, found missing, And he that hath turned away from wrong is liable to be despoiled, And, when Yahweh, looked, Then was it grievous in his eyes, that there was no, justice:
9 For this cause, hath justice removed far, from us, And righteousness overtaketh, us not,––We wait for light, But lo! darkness, For brightness, In thick darkness, we walk: 10 We grope, as blind men, for a wall, Yea, as men without, eyes, do we grope,––We have stumbled, at broad noon, as though it were twilight, In desolate places, like the dead! 11 We growl like bears, all of us, And, like doves, do we, mournfully coo,––We wait, For justice, and there is, none, For salvation, it is far from us! 12 For our transgressions have multiplied, before thee, And, our sins, have witnessed against us,––For, our transgressions, are with us, And, as for our iniquities, we acknowledge them: 13 Transgressing, and denying Yahweh, And turning away from following our God,––Speaking oppression and revolt, Conceiving, and muttering from the heart, words of falsehood. 14 So then there hath been a driving back of justice, And, righteousness, afar off, standeth,––For truth, hath stumbled in the broadway, And, right, cannot enter; 15 And, the truth, hath been, found missing, And he that hath turned away from wrong is liable to be despoiled, And, when Yahweh, looked, Then was it grievous in his eyes, that there was no, justice: