- We all growl like bears; we moan mournfully like doves. We look for justice, but find none; for deliverance, but it is far away.
- For our offenses are many in your sight, and our sins testify against us. Our offenses are ever with us, and we acknowledge our iniquities:
- rebellion and treachery against the LORD, turning our backs on our God, fomenting oppression and revolt, uttering lies our hearts have conceived.
- So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a distance; truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter.
- Truth is nowhere to be found, and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice.
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- All 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.
- For our transgressions are multiplied before You, And our sins testify against us; For our transgressions are with us, And we know our iniquities:
- Transgressing and denying the LORD, And turning away from our God, Speaking oppression and revolt, Conceiving in and uttering from the heart lying words.
- Justice is turned back, And righteousness stands far away; For truth has stumbled in the street, And uprightness cannot enter.
- Yes, truth is lacking; And he 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.
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