Isaiah 59:10–19

10 Like the blindr we grope along the wall,

feeling our way like people without eyes.

At midday we stumbles as if it were twilight;

among the strong, we are like the dead.t

11 We all growl like bears;

we moan mournfully like doves.u

We look for justice, but find none;

for deliverance, but it is far away.

12 For our offensesv are many in your sight,

and our sins testifyw against us.

Our offenses are ever with us,

and we acknowledge our iniquities:x

13 rebelliony and treachery against the Lord,

turning our backsz on our God,

inciting revolt and oppression,a

uttering liesb our hearts have conceived.

14 So justicec is driven back,

and righteousnessd stands at a distance;

truthe has stumbled in the streets,

honesty cannot enter.

15 Truthf is nowhere to be found,

and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey.

The Lord looked and was displeased

that there was no justice.g

16 He saw that there was no one,h

he was appalled that there was no one to intervene;i

so his own arm achieved salvationj for him,

and his own righteousnessk sustained him.

17 He put on righteousness as his breastplate,l

and the helmetm of salvation on his head;

he put on the garmentsn of vengeanceo

and wrapped himself in zealp as in a cloak.

18 According to what they have done,

so will he repayq

wrath to his enemies

and retribution to his foes;

he will repay the islandsr their due.

19 From the west,s people will fear the name of the Lord,

and from the rising of the sun,t they will revere his glory.u

For he will come like a pent-up flood

that the breathv of the Lord drives along.a