Isaiah 59:15

Yea, truth faileth,.... Or, "is deprived" (f); of its life and being; it not only falls in the street, and there lies, without any to show regard unto it; but it fails; it seems as if it had given up…

Yea, truth faileth - That is, it is not to be found, it is missing. The word used here (from עדר ‛âdar) means “to be left, to remain” 2Sa 17:22; then “to be missing or lacking” 1Sa 30:19; Isa 40:26.…

And the Lord saw it "And Jehovah saw it" - This third line of the stanza appears manifestly to me to be imperfect by the loss of a phrase. The reader will perhaps more perfectly conceive my idea of…

The scope of this paragraph is the same with that of the last, to show that sin is the great mischief-maker; as it is that which keeps good things from us, so it is that which brings evil things upon…

Yea, truth faileth Lit. And truth is missing, conspicuous by its absence.

maketh himself a prey i.e. must submit to extortion (Psa 76:6). Another, and possibly a better rendering is, "withdraws…