""Justice is turned back,
and righteousness stands at a
distance;
for truth stumbles in the public square,
and uprightness cannot enter.
Truth is lacking,
and whoever turns from evil is despoiled.

The LORD saw it, and it displeased Him
that there was no justice.
He saw that there was no one,
and was appalled that there was no
one to intervene."

-----Isaiah 58:14-16 NRSV