Their feet run after evil,(A)
and they rush to shed innocent blood.(B)
Their thoughts are sinful thoughts;(C)
ruin and wretchedness are in their paths.
They have not known the path of peace,(D)
and there is no justice in their ways.
They have made their roads crooked;
no one who walks on them will know peace.(E)

Therefore justice is far from us,
and righteousness does not reach us.
We hope for light, but there is darkness;
for brightness, but we live in the night.

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Their feet rush into sin;
    they are swift to shed innocent blood.(A)
They pursue evil schemes;(B)
    acts of violence mark their ways.(C)
The way of peace they do not know;(D)
    there is no justice in their paths.
They have turned them into crooked roads;(E)
    no one who walks along them will know peace.(F)

So justice is far from us,
    and righteousness does not reach us.
We look for light, but all is darkness;(G)
    for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.

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