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Behold, ^(C1)the LORD'S hand is not so short That it cannot save; ^(C2)Nor is His ear so dull That it cannot hear.

But your ^(C1)wrongdoings have caused a separation between you and your God, And your sins have hidden His ^(F1)face from you so that He does ^(C2)not hear.

For your ^(C1)hands are defiled with blood, And your fingers with wrongdoing; Your lips have spoken ^(C2)deceit, Your tongue mutters wickedness.

^(C1)No one sues righteously and ^(C2)no one pleads ^(F1)honestly. They ^(C3)trust in confusion and speak lies; They ^(C4)conceive trouble and give birth to disaster.

They hatch vipers' eggs and ^(C1)weave the spider's web; The one who eats of their eggs dies, And from what is crushed, a snake breaks out.

Their webs will not become clothing, Nor will they ^(C1)cover themselves with their works; Their ^(C2)works are works of wrongdoing, And an ^(C3)act of violence is in their ^(F1)hands.

^(C1)Their feet run to evil, And they hurry to shed innocent blood; ^(C2)Their thoughts are thoughts of wrongdoing, Devastation and destruction are in their paths.

They do not know the ^(C1)way of peace, And there is ^(C2)no justice in their tracks; They have made their paths crooked, ^(C3)Whoever walks on ^(F1)them does not know peace.

Therefore ^(C1)justice is far from us, And righteousness does not reach us; We ^(C2)hope for light, but there is darkness, For brightness, but we walk in gloom.