11. We all growl like bears,And moan sadly like doves;We look for justice, but there is none;For salvation, but it is far from us.
12. For our transgressions are multiplied before You,And our sins testify against us;For our transgressions are with us,And as for our iniquities, we know them:
13. In transgressing and lying against the Lord,And departing from our God,Speaking oppression and revolt,Conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
14. Justice is turned back,And righteousness stands afar off;For truth is fallen in the street,And equity cannot enter.
15. So truth fails,And he who departs from evil makes himself a prey.Then the Lord saw it, and it displeased HimThat there was no justice.
16. He saw that there was no man,And wondered that there was no intercessor;Therefore His own arm brought salvation for Him;And His own righteousness, it sustained Him.
17. For He put on righteousness as a breastplate,And a helmet of salvation on His head;He put on the garments of vengeance for clothing,And was clad with zeal as a cloak.