Isaiah 59:9–14

A Confession of Wickedness

9 Therefore ajustice is far from us,

And righteousness does not overtake us;

We bhope for light, but behold, darkness,

For brightness, but we walk in gloom.

10 We agrope along the wall like blind men,

We grope like those who have no eyes;

We bstumble at midday as in the twilight,

Among those who are vigorous we are clike dead men.

11 All of us growl like bears,

And amoan sadly like doves;

We hope for bjustice, but there is none,

For salvation, but it is far from us.

12 For our atransgressions are multiplied before You,

And our bsins 1testify against us;

For our transgressions are with us,

And 2we know our iniquities:

13 Transgressing and adenying the Lord,

And turning away from our God,

Speaking boppression and revolt,

Conceiving in and cuttering from the heart lying words.

14 aJustice is turned back,

And brighteousness stands far away;

For truth has stumbled in the street,

And uprightness cannot enter.