In Romans 9 Paul laid out the history of God's purposes with Israel. He showed that Israel failed to reach a law that would lead to righteousness. NOT because the law was deficient, but because they did not pursue the law by faith.
If Israel had pursued the law by faith, then they would have reached the law that led to righteousness, because they would have reached Christ. And Christ is the end of the law (the goal of the law) for righteousness to everyone who believes.
Why should you care about this? Paul will go there in chapter 11 when he says, if this is how God treated Israel, then this is how he will treat you (you, Gentiles), if you rebel. Paul's point, for you, as much as for Israel, is that you need to believe in Jesus.
And Paul starts by contrasting two sorts of righteousness: the righteousness of the law and the righteousness of faith...
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