14
And we have turned judgment back, and righteousness has departed afar off: for truth is consumed in their ways, and they could not pass by a straight .
15
And truth has been taken away, and they have turned aside mind from understanding. And the Lord saw it, and it pleased him not that there was no judgment.
16
And he looked, and there was no man, and he observed, and there was none to help: so he defended them with his arm, and stablished with mercy.
17
And he put on righteousness as a breast-plate, and placed the helmet of salvation on his head; and he clothed himself with the garment of vengeance, and with his cloak,
18
as one about to render a recompence, reproach to his adversaries.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.