Isaiah 59:9

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Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.

In other translations

Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.

Hebrew words

עַל־'al-there-H5921כֵּןken-foreH3651רָחַקrachakit is farH7368מִשְׁפָּטmishpatjusticeH4941מִמֶּנּוּmimenufrom usH4480וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808תַשִּׂיגֵנוּtasigenuit reaches usH5381צְדָקָהtzedakahrighteousnessH6666נְקַוֶּהnekavehwe wait eagerlyH6960לָאוֹרla'orfor the lightH216וְהִנֵּה־vehineh-and there!H2009חֹשֶׁךְchoshekhdarknessH2822לִנְגֹהוֹתlingohotfor gleams of lightH5054בָּאֲפֵלוֹתba'afelotin <the> gloom<s>H653נְהַלֵּךְ׃nehalekhwe walkH1980

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