[59:9] 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,
[59:10] 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.
[59:11] We are frightened and distressed. We long for God to save us from oppression and wrong, but nothing happens.
[59:12] “Lord, our crimes against you are many. Our sins accuse us. We are well aware of them all.
[59:13] 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.
[59:14] Justice is driven away, and right cannot come near. Truth stumbles in the public square, and honesty finds no place there.
[59:15] There is so little honesty that those who stop doing evil find themselves the victims of crime.”