Isaiah 59:8-12

LEB(i) 8 They do not know the way of peace, and there is no justice in their firm paths. They have made their paths crooked for themselves; everyone who walks* in it knows no peace. 9 Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We wait for light, but* look! there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. 10 We grope like the blind along a wall, and we grope as without* eyes. We stumble at noon as in the twilight; among the strong we are like the dead. 11 We all groan like bears, and we coo mutteringly like doves. We wait for justice, but* there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us. 12 For our transgressions are numerous before you, and our sins testify* against us. Indeed, our transgressions are with us, and we know our iniquities: