Catholic Public Domain Version
"I will announce your justice, and your works will not benefit you. "
— Isaiah 57:12, Catholic Public Domain Version
“I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.”
“I will declare thy righteousness; and as for thy works, they shall not profit thee. ”
“I will declare your righteousness; and as for your works, they shall not profit you.”
“I will denounce your so-called righteousness and your deeds, but they will not help you.”
“I will declare thy justice, and thy works shall not profit thee.”
“I will make clear what your righteousness is like and your works; you will have no profit in them.”
“I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.”
And you have adorned yourself for the king with ointments, and you have increased your cosmetics. You have sent your representatives to distant places, and you have debased yourself all the way to Hell.
You have been wearied by the multitude of your own ways. Yet you did not say, “I will cease.” You have found life by your own hand; because of this, you have not prayed.
For whose sake have you been anxiously afraid, so that you would lie and not be mindful of me, nor consider me in your heart? For I am silent, and I am like someone who does not see, and so you have forgotten me.
I will announce your justice, and your works will not benefit you.
When you cry out, let your followers free you. But the wind will carry them all away; a breeze will take them up. But he who has faith in me will inherit the earth and will possess my holy mountain.
And I will say: “Make way! Grant passage! Move to the side of the path! Take the obstacles out of the way of my people!”
For this is said by the Most High, the Sublime One, who dwells in eternity. And his name is Holy, for he dwells in the exalted and holy place, and he acts with a restrained and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.