"Howthen can a manbe justwith God?Or howcan he be cleanwho is bornof woman?
"Man,who is bornof woman,Is short-livedand fullof turmoil.
"In truthI knowthat this is so;But howcan a manbe in the rightbeforeGod?
IfYou, LORD,should markiniquities,O Lord,whocould stand?
And do not enterinto judgmentwith Your servant,For in Your sightnomanlivingis righteous.
Behold,I was broughtforthin iniquity,And in sinmy motherconceivedme.
"In that daya fountainwill be openedfor the houseof Davidand for the inhabitantsof Jerusalem,for sinand for impurity.
Therefore,having been justifiedby faith,we havepeacewith Godthroughour LordJesusChrist,
Suchwere someof you; but you were washed,but you were sanctified,but you were justifiedin the nameof the LordJesusChristand in the Spiritof our God.
Amongthem we tooallformerlylivedin the lustsof our flesh,indulgingthe desiresof the fleshand of the mind,and were by naturechildrenof wrath,evenas the rest.
Ifwe confessour sins,He is faithfuland righteousto forgiveus our sinsand to cleanseus from allunrighteousness.
and from JesusChrist,the faithfulwitness,the firstbornof the dead,and the rulerof the kingsof the earth.To Him who lovesus and releasedus from our sinsby His blood--
