Isaiah 59:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. Justice standeth afar off - צדקה tsedakah, righteousness, put here, says Kimchi, for alms to the poor. This casts some light on Matthew 6:1 : "Take heed that you do not your alms," ελεημοσυνην. But the best copies have δικαιοσυνην, righteousness; the former having been inserted in the text at first merely as the explanation of the genuine and original word.