7 ^aTheir feet run to evil,
And they make haste to shed ^binnocent blood;
^cTheir thoughts are thoughts of iniquity;
Wasting and ^ddestruction are in their paths. ‡

8 The way of ^apeace they have not known,
And there is no justice in their ways;
^bThey have made themselves crooked paths;
Whoever takes that way shall not know peace. ‡

10 ^aWe grope for the wall like the blind,
And we grope as if we had no eyes;
We stumble at noonday as at twilight;
We are as dead men in desolate places. ‡

11 We all growl like bears,
And ^amoan sadly like doves;
We look for justice, but there is none;
For salvation, but it is far from us. ‡