Whocan say,"I have cleansedmy heart,I am purefrom my sin"?
Indeed,thereis not a righteousmanon earthwho[continually] doesgoodand who neversins.
"Whenthey sinagainst You (for thereis nomanwhodoes not sin)and You are angrywith them and deliverthem to an enemy,so that they takethem away captiveto the landof the enemy,faroff ornear;
"Whocan makethe cleanout of the unclean?Noone!
For we allstumblein many[ways]. Ifanyonedoes not stumblein what he says,he is a perfectman,ableto bridlethe wholebodyas well.
For I am consciousof nothingagainst myself,yetI am not by thisacquitted;but the one who examinesme is the Lord.
"Howthen can a manbe justwith God?Or howcan he be cleanwho is bornof woman?
"Whatis man,that he should be pure,Or he who is bornof a woman,that he should be righteous?
Behold,I was broughtforthin iniquity,And in sinmy motherconceivedme.
"Whenthey sinagainst You (for thereis nomanwhodoes not sin)and You are angrywith them and deliverthem to an enemy,so that they takethem away captiveto a landfaroff ornear,
Whatthen?Are we betterthan they? Not at all;for we have already chargedthat bothJewsand Greeksare allundersin;
