² And enter not into judgment with Thy servant, For no one living is justified before Thee.

²⁰ Because there is not a righteous man on earth that doth good and sinneth not.

²⁰ wherefore by works of law shall no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a knowledge of sin.

³ If iniquities Thou dost observe, O Lord, who doth stand?

⁴ And what? is man righteous with God? And what? is he pure -- born of a woman?

³ Also -- on this Thou hast opened Thine eyes, And dost bring me into judgment with Thee.

¹⁶ having known also that a man is not declared righteous by works of law, if not through the faith of Jesus Christ, also we in Christ Jesus did believe, that we might be declared righteous by the faith of Christ, and not by works of law, wherefore declared righteous by works of law shall be no flesh.'

¹⁴ What `is' man that he is pure, And that he is righteous, one born of woman?

¹⁷ `Is mortal man than God more righteous? Than his Maker is a man cleaner?

¹⁰ if we may say -- `we have not sinned,' a liar we make Him, and His word is not in us.

² Truly I have known that `it is' so, And what -- is man righteous with God?

³ If he delight to strive with Him -- He doth not answer him one of a thousand.

⁴⁶ `When they sin against Thee (for there is not a man who sinneth not), and Thou hast been angry with them, and hast given them up before an enemy, and they have taken captive their captivity unto the land of the enemy far off or near;

⁷ keeping kindness for thousands, taking away iniquity, and transgression, and sin, and not entirely acquitting, charging iniquity of fathers on children, and on children's children, on a third `generation', and on a fourth.'