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1. Look, the LORD's hand is not too weak to deliver you; his ear is not too deaf to hear you.
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1. Behold H2005 , the LORD H3068 's hand H3027 is not H3808 shortened H7114 , that it cannot save H4480 H3467 ; neither H3808 his ear H241 heavy H3513 , that it cannot hear H4480 H8085 :
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2. But your sinful acts have alienated you from your God; your sins have caused him to reject you and not listen to your prayers.
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2. But H3588 H518 your iniquities H5771 have H1961 separated H914 between H996 you and your God H430 , and your sins H2403 have hid H5641 his face H6440 from H4480 you , that he will not hear H4480 H8085 .
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3. For your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with sin; your lips speak lies, your tongue utters malicious words.
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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 .
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4. No one is concerned about justice; no one sets forth his case truthfully. They depend on false words and tell lies; they conceive of oppression and give birth to sin.
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4. None H369 calleth H7121 for justice H6664 , nor H369 any pleadeth H8199 for truth H530 : they trust H982 in H5921 vanity H8414 , and speak H1696 lies H7723 ; they conceive H2029 mischief H5999 , and bring forth H3205 iniquity H205 .
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5. They hatch the eggs of a poisonous snake and spin a spider's web. Whoever eats their eggs will die, a poisonous snake is hatched.
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5. They hatch H1234 cockatrice H6848 ' eggs H1000 , and weave H707 the spider H5908 's web H6980 : he that eateth H398 of their eggs H4480 H1000 dieth H4191 , and that which is crushed H2116 breaketh out H1234 into a viper H660 .
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6. Their webs cannot be used for clothing; they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are sinful; they commit violent crimes.
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6. Their webs H6980 shall not H3808 become H1961 garments H899 , neither H3808 shall they cover themselves H3680 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 .
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7. They are eager to do evil, quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful; they crush and destroy.
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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 .
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8. They are unfamiliar with peace; their deeds are unjust. They use deceitful methods, and whoever deals with them is unfamiliar with peace.
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8. The way H1870 of peace H7965 they know H3045 not H3808 ; and there is no H369 judgment H4941 in their goings H4570 : they have made them crooked H6140 paths H5410 : whosoever H3605 goeth H1869 therein shall not H3808 know H3045 peace H7965 .
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9. For this reason deliverance is far from us and salvation does not reach us. We wait for light, but see only darkness; we wait for a bright light, but live in deep darkness.
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9. Therefore H5921 H3651 is judgment far H7368 H4941 from H4480 us, neither H3808 doth justice H6666 overtake H5381 us : we wait H6960 for light H216 , but behold H2009 obscurity H2822 ; for brightness H5054 , but we walk H1980 in darkness H653 .
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10. We grope along the wall like the blind, we grope like those who cannot see; we stumble at noontime as if it were evening. Though others are strong, we are like dead men.
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10. We grope H1659 for the wall H7023 like the blind H5787 , and we grope H1659 as if we had no H369 eyes H5869 : we stumble H3782 at noonday H6672 as in the night H5399 ; we are in desolate places H820 as dead H4191 men .
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11. We all growl like bears, we coo mournfully like doves; we wait for deliverance, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far from us.
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11. We roar H1993 all H3605 like bears H1677 , and mourn H1897 H1897 sore like doves H3123 : we look H6960 for judgment H4941 , but there is none H369 ; for salvation H3444 , but it is far off H7368 from H4480 us.
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12. For you are aware of our many rebellious deeds, and our sins testify against us; indeed, we are aware of our rebellious deeds; we know our sins all too well.
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12. For H3588 our transgressions H6588 are multiplied H7231 before H5048 thee , and our sins H2403 testify H6030 against us: for H3588 our transgressions H6588 are with H854 us ; and as for our iniquities H5771 , we know H3045 them;
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13. We have rebelled and tried to deceive the LORD; we turned back from following our God. We stir up oppression and rebellion; we tell lies we concocted in our minds.
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13. In transgressing H6586 and lying H3584 against the LORD H3068 , and departing away H5253 from H4480 H310 our God H430 , speaking H1696 oppression H6233 and revolt H5627 , conceiving H2029 and uttering H1897 from the heart H4480 H3820 words H1697 of falsehood H8267 .
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14. Justice is driven back; godliness stands far off. Indeed, honesty stumbles in the city square and morality is not even able to enter.
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14. And judgment H4941 is turned away H5253 backward H268 , and justice H6666 standeth H5975 afar off H4480 H7350 : for H3588 truth H571 is fallen H3782 in the street H7339 , and equity H5229 cannot H3201 H3808 enter H935 .
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15. Honesty has disappeared; the one who tries to avoid evil is robbed. The LORD watches and is displeased, for there is no justice.
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15. Yea, truth H571 faileth H1961 H5737 ; and he that departeth H5493 from evil H4480 H7451 maketh himself a prey H7997 : and the LORD H3068 saw H7200 it , and it displeased H7489 H5869 him that H3588 there was no H369 judgment H4941 .
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16. He sees there is no advocate; he is shocked that no one intervenes. So he takes matters into his own hands; his desire for justice drives him on.
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16. And he saw H7200 that H3588 there was no H369 man H376 , and wondered H8074 that H3588 there was no H369 intercessor H6293 : therefore his arm H2220 brought salvation H3467 unto him ; and his righteousness H6666 , it H1931 sustained H5564 him.
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17. He wears his desire for justice like body armor, and his desire to deliver is like a helmet on his head. He puts on the garments of vengeance and wears zeal like a robe.
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17. For he put on H3847 righteousness H6666 as a breastplate H8302 , and a 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 cloak H4598 .
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18. He repays them for what they have done, dispensing angry judgment to his adversaries and punishing his enemies. He repays the coastlands.
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18. According H5921 to their deeds H1578 , accordingly H5921 he will repay H7999 , fury H2534 to his adversaries H6862 , recompense H1576 to his enemies H341 ; to the islands H339 he will repay H7999 recompense H1576 .
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19. In the west, people respect the LORD's reputation; in the east they recognize his splendor. For he comes like a rushing stream driven on by wind sent from the LORD.
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19. So shall they fear H3372 H853 the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 from the west H4480 H4628 , and H853 his glory H3519 from the rising H4480 H4217 of the sun H8121 . When H3588 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.
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20. "A protector comes to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their rebellious deeds," says the LORD.
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20. And the Redeemer H1350 shall come H935 to Zion H6726 , and unto them that turn from H7725 transgression H6588 in Jacob H3290 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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21. "As for me, this is my promise to them," says the LORD. "My spirit, who is upon you, and my words, which I have placed in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and descendants from this time forward," says the LORD.
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21. As for me H589 , this H2063 is my covenant H1285 with H854 them, saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; My spirit H7307 that H834 is upon H5921 thee , and my words H1697 which H834 I have put H7760 in thy mouth H6310 , shall not H3808 depart H4185 out of thy mouth H4480 H6310 , nor out of the mouth H4480 H6310 of thy seed H2233 , nor out of the mouth H4480 H6310 of thy seed H2233 's seed H2233 , saith H559 the LORD H3068 , from henceforth H4480 H6258 and forever H5704 H5769 .
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