13 transgressing, and lying against the Lord,and departing away from our God,speaking oppression and revolt,conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
14 Justice is turned backward,and righteousness stands far off;for truth is fallen in the street,and equity cannot enter.
15 Truth is lacking,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 manand was astonished that there was no intercessor;therefore, His own arm brought salvation to Him,and His righteousness sustained Him.
17 For He put on righteousness as a breastplateand a helmet of salvation on His head;He put on the garments of vengeance for clothingand was clad with zeal as a cloak.
18 According to their deeds,accordingly He will repay:fury to His adversaries,recompense to His enemies;to the islands He will make recompense.
19 So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the westand His glory from the rising of the sun;when the enemy shall come in like a flood,the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.