9 That is why judgment is far from usand justice does not reach us.We look for light, but there is darkness;for brightness, and we walk in gloom!
10 Like those who are blind we grope along the wall,like people without eyes we feel our way.We stumble at midday as if at twilight,among the vigorous, we are like the dead.
11 Like bears we all growl,like doves we moan without ceasing.We cry out for justice, but it is not there;for salvation, but it is far from us.
12 For our transgressions before you are many,our sins bear witness against us.Our transgressions are present to us,and our crimes we acknowledge:
13 Transgressing, and denying the Lord,turning back from following our God,Planning fraud and treachery,uttering lying words conceived in the heart.
14 Judgment is turned away,and justice stands far off;For truth stumbles in the public square,and uprightness cannot enter.
15 Fidelity is lacking,and whoever turns from evil is despoiled.The Lord saw this, and was aggrievedthat there was no justice.