New King James Version

Isaiah 59:8-17 New King James Version (NKJV)

8. The way of peace they have not known,And there is no justice in their ways;They have made themselves crooked paths;Whoever takes that way shall not know peace.

9. Therefore justice is far from us,Nor does righteousness overtake us;We look for light, but there is darkness!For brightness, but we walk in blackness!

10. We grope for the wall like the blind,And we grope as if we had no eyes;We stumble at noonday as at twilight;We are as dead men in desolate places.

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.