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10 Like blind people we feel our way along the wall.
    We are like those who can’t see.
At noon we trip and fall as if the sun had already set.
    Compared to those who are healthy, we are like dead people.
11 All of us growl like hungry bears.
    We sound like doves as we mourn.
We want the Lord to do what is fair and save us.
    But he doesn’t do it.
We long for him to set us free.
    But the time for that seems far away.

12 That’s because we’ve done so many things he considers wrong.
    Our sins prove that we are guilty.
The wrong things we’ve done are always troubling us.
    We admit that we have sinned.

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10 Like the blind(A) we grope along the wall,
    feeling our way like people without eyes.
At midday we stumble(B) as if it were twilight;
    among the strong, we are like the dead.(C)
11 We all growl like bears;
    we moan mournfully like doves.(D)
We look for justice, but find none;
    for deliverance, but it is far away.

12 For our offenses(E) are many in your sight,
    and our sins testify(F) against us.
Our offenses are ever with us,
    and we acknowledge our iniquities:(G)

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