1. Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save,or his ear dull, that it cannot hear;
2. but your iniquities have made a separationbetween you and your God,and your sins have hidden his face from youso that he does not hear.
3. For your hands are defiled with bloodand your fingers with iniquity;your lips have spoken lies;your tongue mutters wickedness.
4. No one enters suit justly;no one goes to law honestly;they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies, they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
5. They hatch adders’ eggs;they weave the spider’s web;he who eats their eggs dies,and from one that is crushed a viper is hatched.