11. We all growl like bears; we moan and moan like doves; we hope for justice, but there is none;for salvation, but it is far from us.
12. For our transgressions are multiplied before you,and our sins testify against us;for our transgressions are with us,and we know our iniquities:
13. transgressing, and denying the Lord,and turning back from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt,conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words.
14. Justice is turned back,and righteousness stands far away;for truth has stumbled in the public squares,and uprightness cannot enter.
15. Truth is lacking,and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey.The Lord saw it, and it displeased himthat there was no justice.