NET

9 For this reason deliverance is far from us and salvation does not reach us. We wait for light, but see only darkness; we wait for a bright light, but live in deep darkness.

Darby

Israels Recognizes and Confesses Its Sins

9 Therefore is justice^D5096 far from us, and righteousness overtaketh us not: we wait for light, and behold darkness; for brightness, [but] we walk in obscurity.

Darby Bible Notes

justice - Or 'judgment,' i.e. 'just judgment,' and so in vers. 11,14,15.

KJV

Israels Recognizes and Confesses Its Sins

9 Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, [but] we walk in darkness.

Strong's

9 Therefore is judgment^H4941 far^H7368 from us, neither doth justice^H6666 overtake^H5381 us: we wait^H6960 for light^H216, but behold obscurity^H2822; for brightness^H5054, but we walk^H1980 in darkness^H653.