59 Behold, ^(A)the Lord’s hand is not so short
That it cannot save;
^(B)Nor is His ear so dull
That it cannot hear.
² But your ^(C)wrongdoings have caused a separation between you and your God,
And your sins have hidden His ^[a]face from you so that He does ^(D)not hear.

⁹ Therefore ^(A)justice is far from us,
And righteousness does not reach us;
We ^(B)hope for light, but there is darkness,
For brightness, but we walk in gloom.
¹⁰ We ^(C)grope for the wall like people who are blind,
We grope like those who have no eyes.
We ^(D)stumble at midday as in the twilight;
Among those who are healthy we are ^(E)like the dead.
¹¹ All of us growl like bears,
And ^(F)moan sadly like doves;
We hope for ^(G)justice, but there is none;
For salvation, but it is far from us.
¹² For our ^(H)wrongful acts have multiplied before You,
And our ^(I)sins have testified against us;
For our wrongful acts are with us,
And ^[a]we know our wrongdoings:
^13 [b]Offending and ^(J)denying the Lord,
And turning away from our God,
Speaking ^(K)oppression and revolt,
Conceiving and ^(L)uttering lying words from the heart.
^14 (M)Justice is turned back,
And ^(N)righteousness stands far away;
For truth has stumbled in the street,
And uprightness cannot enter.
¹⁵ Truth is lacking,
And one who turns aside from evil ^(O)makes himself a prey.
Now the Lord saw,
And it was ^[c]displeasing in His sight ^(P)that there was no justice.
¹⁶ And He saw that there was ^(Q)no one,
And was amazed that there was not one to intercede;
Then His ^(R)own arm brought salvation to Him,
And His righteousness upheld Him.