10 We grope along the wall like blind men, and we grope as men without eyes; we have stumbled at noonday as in the dusk; among the vigorous as the dead.

11 We all groan like bears, and moan piteously like doves; we wait for judgment, and there is none; for salvation, it is far off from us.

12 For our rebellions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us; for our rebellions are with us, and our iniquities, we know them:

13 Rebelling and denying the LORD, and drawing back from following our God: speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

14 And judgment is driven backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth hath stumbled in the broad place, and uprightness cannot enter.

15 And truth is (found) missing, and he that removeth from evil maketh himself a prey; and the LORD saw it, and it was evil in his eyes that there was no judgment.

16 And he saw that there was no man, and was amazed that there was none that interposed; therefore his own arm wrought salvation for him, and his righteousness, it upheld him.

17 And he put on righteousness as a coat of mail, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and wrapped himself in jealousy as a cloke.

10. ‘vigorous’: dubious: some take the word as literally=fat, lusty: some render ‘in fruitful places,' others, ‘in dark places ’ (in caliginosis, Vulg.).11. Heb. intersifies by repeating the verb 'moan.12. ‘testify’: verb in singular: ‘are a witness,' or possibly ‘(each) testify...13. 'revolt,' lit. departure: ‘uttering,’ or 'muttering,' as ver. 3.14. Or, ‘thrust backward.15. ‘maketh...a prey’: or, ‘giveth himself to be16. Or, ‘his own arm saved for him.

18 According to their deeds, accordingly will he requite, fury to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the isles he will requite recompense.

19 And they shall fear the name of the LORD from the setting, and his glory from the rising of the sun; for he shall come as a pent-up stream, which the breath of the LORD driveth.

20 And a redeemer shall come to Zion, and to them that turn from rebellion in Jacob, saith the LORD.

21 And as for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; my Spirit that is upon thee, and my words that I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.

LX. 1 Arise, shine, for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD hath risen upon thee.

2 For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and deep gloom the peoples; but the LORD shall rise upon thee, and his glory shall appear upon thee.

3 And nations shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

4 Lift up thine eyes round about, and see; they are all gathered, they come to thee; thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be carried on the side.

5 Then thou shalt see, and be bright, and thy heart shall throb, and be enlarged; for the abundance of the sea shall turn unto thee, the wealth of nations shall come to thee.

18. ‘deeds’: or, ‘deserts’: the word is correlative in meaning. standing for conduct, good or bad, and the corresponding return = 'recompense.19. Or (with the accents) ‘when the adversary shall come in like a river, the Spirit of the LORD lifteth a banner against him.20. Or, ‘for Z...' ‘for those that...1. ‘shine,’ or, ‘be enlightened’: ‘hath risen,' or, 'brightened,' ‘dawned’ (also ver. 2, and 3, 'rising')5. ‘see’: ‘fear,’ some MSS. and editors. ‘throb’: or, ‘tremble.’ ‘abundance’: or, 'uproar.' ‘wealth’: or, 'strength.’

6 A stream of camels shall cover thee, young camels of Midian and Ephah; all of them shall come from Sheba, they shall bear gold and incense, and they shall tell tidings of the praises of the LORD.

7 All the ﬂocks of Kedar shall gather together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee; they shall go up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will beautify the house of my beauty.