We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
We roar all like bears - We moan plaintively, like a hungry bear which growls for food.
And mourn sore like doves - (Isaiah 38:14; Ezekiel 7:16).
We look ... for salvation, (but) it is far off from us - retribution in kind; because not salvation, but "destruction" was "in their paths" (Isaiah 59:7).