Isaiah 59:8-12

Rotherham(i) 8 The way of well–being, have they not known, And there is no justice in their tracks,––Their paths, have they made crooked for themselves, None, who treadeth therein, knoweth well––being.
9 For this cause, hath justice removed far, from us, And righteousness overtaketh, us not,––We wait for light, But lo! darkness, For brightness, In thick darkness, we walk: 10 We grope, as blind men, for a wall, Yea, as men without, eyes, do we grope,––We have stumbled, at broad noon, as though it were twilight, In desolate places, like the dead! 11 We growl like bears, all of us, And, like doves, do we, mournfully coo,––We wait, For justice, and there is, none, For salvation, it is far from us! 12 For our transgressions have multiplied, before thee, And, our sins, have witnessed against us,––For, our transgressions, are with us, And, as for our iniquities, we acknowledge them: