14  ^pJustice is turned back,

and righteousness stands far away;

for truth has stumbled in the public squares,

and uprightness cannot enter.

15  Truth is lacking,

and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey.

The Lord saw it, and it displeased him¹

that there was no justice.

16  ^qHe saw that there was no man,

and wondered that there was no one to intercede;

then his own arm brought him salvation,

and his righteousness upheld him.

17  ^rHe put on righteousness as a breastplate,

and a helmet of salvation on his head;

he put on garments of vengeance for clothing,

and wrapped himself in ^szeal as a cloak.

18  ^tAccording to their deeds, so will he repay,

wrath to his adversaries, repayment to his enemies;

^uto the coastlands he will render repayment.

19  ^vSo they shall fear the name of the Lord from the west,

and his glory from the rising of the sun;

^wfor he will come like a rushing stream,²

which the wind of the Lord drives.

20  ^x“And ^ya Redeemer will come to Zion,

to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the Lord.