9. The people say, “Now we know why God does not save us from those who oppress us. We hope for light to walk by, but there is only darkness,
10. and we grope about like blind people. We stumble at noon, as if it were night, as if we were in the dark world of the dead.
11. We are frightened and distressed. We long for God to save us from oppression and wrong, but nothing happens.
12. “Lord, our crimes against you are many. Our sins accuse us. We are well aware of them all.
13. We have rebelled against you, rejected you, and refused to follow you. We have oppressed others and turned away from you. Our thoughts are false; our words are lies.
14. Justice is driven away, and right cannot come near. Truth stumbles in the public square, and honesty finds no place there.
15. There is so little honesty that those who stop doing evil find themselves the victims of crime.”The Lord has seen this, and he is displeased that there is no justice.