Isaiah 59:9

Therefore on account of these sins and disorders, and not on account of Jehovah's remissness (Isaiah 59:1).

judgment … justice(R.V. righteousness) are here again synonyms for salvation, right manifested by a judicial interposition of Jehovah, as in Isaiah 59:11 and the latter part of ch. Isaiah 56:1.

overtake us The nation has struggled on its dreary and difficult way in the confident expectation that salvation would not tarry long behind, but hitherto this hope has been disappointed.