He taketh away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And holdest me for thine enemy?
Thou didst cause sentence to be heard from heaven; The earth feared, and was still,
For he established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which he commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children;
but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, so that he will not hear.
O Jehovah, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save.