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Isaiah 59:9-15

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9Therefore justice is far from us,

And righteousness does not reach us;

We hope for light, but there is darkness,

For brightness, but we walk in gloom.

10We grope for the wall like people who are blind,

We grope like those who have no eyes.

We stumble at midday as in the twilight;

Among those who are healthy we are like the dead.

11All of us growl like bears,

And moan sadly like doves;

We hope for justice, but there is none;

For salvation, but it is far from us.

12For our wrongful acts have multiplied before You,

And our sins have testified against us;

For our wrongful acts are with us,

And we know our wrongdoings:

13Offending and denying the Lord,

And turning away from our God,

Speaking oppression and revolt,

Conceiving and uttering lying words from the heart.

14Justice is turned back,

And righteousness stands far away;

For truth has stumbled in the street,

And uprightness cannot enter.

15Truth is lacking,

And one who turns aside from evil makes himself a prey.

Now the Lord saw,

And it was displeasing in His sight that there was no justice.