A Confession of Wickedness

Therefore (A)justice is far from us,
And righteousness does not overtake us;
We (B)hope for light, but behold, darkness,
For brightness, but we walk in gloom.
10 We (C)grope along the wall like blind men,
We grope like those who have no eyes;
We (D)stumble at midday as in the twilight,
Among those who are vigorous we are (E)like dead men.

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13 For behold, He who (A)forms mountains and (B)creates the wind
And (C)declares to man what are His thoughts,
He who (D)makes dawn into darkness
And (E)treads on the high places of the earth,
(F)The Lord God of hosts is His name.

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He who made the (A)Pleiades and Orion
And (B)changes deep darkness into morning,
[a]Who also (C)darkens day into night,
Who (D)calls for the waters of the sea
And pours them out on the surface of the earth,
The (E)Lord is His name.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 5:8 Lit And He darkened