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But your ^(c)iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, And your sins have hidden His ^[a]face from you so that He does ^(d)not hear.

For your ^(e)hands are defiled with blood And your fingers with iniquity; Your lips have spoken ^(f)falsehood, Your tongue mutters wickedness.

^(g)No one sues righteously and ^(h)no one pleads ^[b]honestly. They ⁽ⁱ⁾trust in confusion and speak lies; They ^(j)conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity.

They hatch adders' eggs and ^(k)weave the spider's web; He who eats of their eggs dies, And from that which is crushed a snake breaks forth.

Their webs will not become clothing, Nor will they ^(l)cover themselves with their works; Their ^(m)works are works of iniquity, And an ⁽ⁿ⁾act of violence is in their ^[c]hands.

^(o)Their feet run to evil, And they hasten to shed innocent blood; ^(p)Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity, Devastation and destruction are in their highways.

They do not know the ^(q)way of peace, And there is ^(r)no justice in their tracks; They have made their paths crooked, ^(s)Whoever treads on ^[d]them does not know peace.