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14 (A)Justice is turned back,
And (B)righteousness stands far away;
For truth has stumbled in the street,
And rightness cannot enter.
15 So it is that truth is missing;
And he who turns aside from evil (C)makes himself plunder.
Then Yahweh saw,
And it was evil in His eyes (D)that there was no justice.
16 And He saw that there was (E)no man,
And was astonished that there was no one to intercede;
Then His (F)own arm brought salvation to Him,
And His righteousness upheld Him.

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14 So justice(A) is driven back,
    and righteousness(B) stands at a distance;
truth(C) has stumbled in the streets,
    honesty cannot enter.
15 Truth(D) is nowhere to be found,
    and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey.

The Lord looked and was displeased
    that there was no justice.(E)
16 He saw that there was no one,(F)
    he was appalled that there was no one to intervene;(G)
so his own arm achieved salvation(H) for him,
    and his own righteousness(I) sustained him.

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