| Christian Standard Bible | Berean Study Bible |
| 1Indeed, the LORD's arm is not too weak to save, and his ear is not too deaf to hear. | 1Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear. |
| 2But your iniquities are separating you from your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not listen. | 2But 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. |
| 3For your hands are defiled with blood and your fingers, with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongues mutter injustice. | 3For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice. |
| 4No one makes claims justly; no one pleads honestly. They trust in empty and worthless words; they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity. | 4No 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. |
| 5They hatch viper's eggs and weave spider's webs. Whoever eats their eggs will die; crack one open, and a viper is hatched. | 5They 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. |
| 6Their webs cannot become clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their works are sinful works, and violent acts are in their hands. | 6Their 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. |
| 7Their feet run after evil, and they rush to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and wretchedness are in their paths. | 7Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake. |
| 8They have not known the path of peace, and there is no justice in their ways. They have made their roads crooked; no one who walks on them will know peace. | 8The 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. |
| 9Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we live in the night. | 9Therefore 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. |
| 10We grope along a wall like the blind; we grope like those without eyes. We stumble at noon as though it were twilight; we are like the dead among those who are healthy. | 10Like 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. |
| 11We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us. | 11We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us. |
| 12For our transgressions have multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us. For our transgressions are with us, and we know our iniquities: | 12For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions are indeed with us, and we know our iniquities: |
| 13transgression and deception against the LORD, turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lying words from the heart. | 13rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart. |
| 14Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far off. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter. | 14So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter. |
| 15Truth is missing, and whoever turns from evil is plundered. The LORD saw that there was no justice, and he was offended. | 15Truth is missing, and whoever turns from evil becomes prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice. |
| 16He saw that there was no man--he was amazed that there was no one interceding; so his own arm brought salvation, and his own righteousness supported him. | 16He 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. |
| 17He put on righteousness as body armor, and a helmet of salvation on his head; he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and he wrapped himself in zeal as in a cloak. | 17He 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. |
| 18So he will repay according to their deeds: fury to his enemies, retribution to his foes, and he will repay the coasts and islands. | 18So He will repay according to their deeds: fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and recompense to the islands. |
| 19They will fear the name of the LORD in the west and his glory in the east; for he will come like a rushing stream driven by the wind of the LORD. | 19So 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"The Redeemer will come to Zion, and to those in Jacob who turn from transgression." This is the LORD's declaration. | 20“The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the LORD. |
| 21"As for me, this is my covenant with them," says the LORD: "My Spirit who is on you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth, or from the mouths of your children, or from the mouths of your children's children, from now on and forever," says the LORD. | 21“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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