Truth stumbles in the streets,
    
and honesty has been outlawed.

Yes, 

truth is gone,
    
and anyone who renounces evil is attacked.

The Lord looked and was displeased
    
to find there was no justice.

So he himself stepped in to save them with his strong arm,
    
and his justice sustained him.

He will repay his enemies for their evil deeds.
    
His fury will fall on his foes.
    
He will pay them back even to the ends of the earth.

In the west, 

people will respect the name of the Lord;
    
in the east, 

they will glorify him.

For he will come like a raging flood tide
    
driven by the breath of the Lord.

Isaiah 59:14-15, 16, 18-19

(Portland, ME)