And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.
Justice is pushed back, And righteous behavior stands far away; For truth has fallen in the city square, And integrity cannot enter.
Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God) stands far off; for truth has fallen in the street (the city’s forum), and uprightness cannot enter [the courts of justice].
And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far off. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.
Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far off. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.
Justice is pushed aside; righteousness stands far off, because truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty can’t enter.
Thus justice is repelled, righteousness stands apart, at a distance; for truth stumbles in the public court, and uprightness cannot enter.
Injustice is everywhere; justice seems far away. Truth is chased out of court; honesty is shoved aside.
And judgment is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth stumbleth in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.
And judgment is turned away backward, and justice hath stood far off: because truth hath fallen down in the street, and equity could not come in.
We pushed Justice away. Fairness stands off in the distance. Truth has fallen in the streets. Goodness is not allowed in the city.
Judges do not decide in a fair way. Nobody tries to do what is right. There is no place for truth on the streets of our towns. Honest people have to leave.
Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far away, for truth stumbles in the city square, and honesty cannot enter it.
Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far away; for truth has stumbled in the public squares, and uprightness cannot enter.
Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far away; for truth has stumbled in the public squares, and uprightness cannot enter.
So we have driven away justice, and ·we have kept away from what is right [L righteousness stands far off]. Truth ·is not spoken [stumbles] in the ·streets [public squares]; what is honest ·is not allowed to enter the city [L cannot enter].
Therefore judgment is turned backward, and justice standeth far off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far away. Truth has fallen in the street, and honesty can’t come in.
Justice is driven away, and right cannot come near. Truth stumbles in the public square, and honesty finds no place there.
Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far off. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.
We have driven away justice. We have kept away from what is right. Truth is not spoken in the streets. What is honest is not allowed to enter the city.
I’ll drive back justice, and righteousness stands at a distance; for truth has fallen in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.
and that which is right has departed, and righteousness withdrew afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity could not enter.
And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
Justice is turned back, And righteousness stands far away; For truth has stumbled in the street, And rightness cannot enter.
And justice is pushed back, and righteousness stands afar; for truth stumbles in the public square, and straightforwardness is unable to enter,
Our courts oppose the righteous man; fairness is unknown. Truth falls dead in the streets, and justice is outlawed.
Our wrongdoings pile up before you, God, our sins stand up and accuse us. Our wrongdoings stare us down; we know in detail what we’ve done: Mocking and denying God, not following our God, Spreading false rumors, whipping up revolt, pregnant with lies, muttering malice. Justice is beaten back, Righteousness is banished to the sidelines, Truth staggers down the street, Honesty is nowhere to be found, Good is missing in action. Anyone renouncing evil is beaten and robbed. God looked and saw evil looming on the horizon— so much evil and no sign of Justice. He couldn’t believe what he saw: not a soul around to correct this awful situation. So he did it himself, took on the work of Salvation, fueled by his own Righteousness. He dressed in Righteousness, put it on like a suit of armor, with Salvation on his head like a helmet, Put on Judgment like an overcoat, and threw a cloak of Passion across his shoulders. He’ll make everyone pay for what they’ve done: fury for his foes, just deserts for his enemies. Even the far-off islands will get paid off in full. In the west they’ll fear the name of God, in the east they’ll fear the glory of God, For he’ll arrive like a river in flood stage, whipped to a torrent by the wind of God.
Justice is turned backward, and righteousness stands far off; for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far away. Truth has fallen in the street, and honesty can’t come in.
Judgment is turned away, and justice stands far off; For truth stumbles in the public square, and uprightness cannot enter.
Justice is turned back, And righteousness stands far away; For truth has stumbled in the street, And uprightness cannot enter.
Justice is turned back, And righteousness stands far away; For truth has stumbled in the street, And uprightness cannot enter.
Justice has been rebuffed and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth stumbles in the public square and uprightness cannot enter.
So we have driven away justice, and we have kept away from what is right. Truth is not spoken in the streets; what is honest is not allowed to enter the city.
Justice is driven back; godliness stands far off. Indeed, honesty stumbles in the city square and morality is not even able to enter.
So people stop others from doing what is fair. They keep them from doing what is right. No one tells the truth in court anymore. No one is honest there.
So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a distance; truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter.
So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a distance; truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter.
Justice is turned back, And righteousness stands afar off; For truth is fallen in the street, And equity cannot enter.
What is right and fair is turned back. What is right and good stands far away. Truth has fallen in the street, and what is right cannot come in.
Our courts oppose the righteous, and justice is nowhere to be found. Truth stumbles in the streets, and honesty has been outlawed.
Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands at a distance; for truth stumbles in the public square, and uprightness cannot enter.
Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands at a distance; for truth stumbles in the public square, and uprightness cannot enter.
Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands at a distance; for truth stumbles in the public square, and uprightness cannot enter.
Justice is turned back, and deliverance stands at a distance, for truth stumbles in the public square, and uprightness cannot enter.
And mishpat (justice) is turned back, and tzedakah (righteousness) standeth afar off; for emes (truth) is fallen in the rechov (street), and nacho’ach (honesty) cannot enter.
Therefore, judgment has turned backward. And justice stands far off. For truth has fallen in the street, and truth cannot enter.
Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands afar off; for truth has fallen in the public squares, and uprightness cannot enter.
Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands afar off; for truth has fallen in the public squares, and uprightness cannot enter.
Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far off. For truth has stumbled in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.
When justice calls, we turn it away. Righteousness knows to keep its distance, For truth stumbles in the public square, and honesty is not allowed to enter.
Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands far away; for truth has fallen in the street, and uprightness can’t enter.
and doom was turned aback, and rightfulness stood [a]far; for why truth fell down in the street, and equity, either evenness, might not enter. (and justice was turned back, and right stood afar off; and truth fell down in the street, and integrity, or honesty, could not even come in.)
And removed backward is judgment, And righteousness afar off standeth, For truth hath been feeble in the street, And straightforwardness is not able to enter,
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