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- 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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