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Their feet rush headlong to do evil,
    and they do not hesitate to shed innocent blood.
Their thoughts are those of iniquity;
    their paths are marked by havoc and ruin.
They do not know the way of peace,
    and justice is not seen along their paths.
The roads they follow are crooked,
    and no one who travels on them knows any peace.
Therefore, justice is far removed from us,
    and righteousness is far beyond our reach.
We look for light but behold only darkness,
    for brightness but we walk in gloom.

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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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