Isaiah 59:9–15

A Confession of Wickedness

⁹Therefore ^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.

¹⁰We ^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.

¹¹All 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.

¹²For our ^atransgressions are multiplied before You,

And our ^bsins ¹testify against us;

For our transgressions are with us,

And ²we know our iniquities:

¹³Transgressing and ^adenying the Lord,

And turning away from our God,

Speaking ^boppression and revolt,

Conceiving in and ^cuttering from the heart lying words.

^14aJustice is turned back,

And ^brighteousness stands far away;

For truth has stumbled in the street,

And uprightness cannot enter.

¹⁵Yes, truth is lacking;

And he who turns aside from evil ^amakes himself a prey.

Now the Lord saw,

And it was ¹displeasing in His sight ^bthat there was no justice.