And do not enterinto judgmentwith Your servant,For in Your sightnomanlivingis righteous.
"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;
"You alsoopenYour eyeson him And bringhim into judgmentwith Yourself.
"Whatis man,that he should be pure,Or he who is bornof a woman,that he should be righteous?
"Howthen can a manbe justwith God?Or howcan he be cleanwho is bornof woman?
Can mankindbe justbeforeGod?Can a manbe purebeforehis Maker?
IfYou, LORD,should markiniquities,O Lord,whocould stand?
who keepslovingkindnessfor thousands,who forgivesiniquity,transgressionand sin;yet He will by nomeansleave[the guilty] unpunished,visitingthe iniquityof fatherson the childrenand on the grandchildrento the thirdand fourthgenerations."
Indeed,thereis not a righteousmanon earthwho[continually] doesgoodand who neversins.
becauseby the worksof the Lawnofleshwill be justifiedin His sight;for throughthe Law[comes] the knowledgeof sin.
neverthelessknowingthat a manis not justifiedby the worksof the Lawbut throughfaithin ChristJesus,evenwe have believedin ChristJesus,sothat we may be justifiedby faithin Christand not by the worksof the Law;sinceby the worksof the Lawnofleshwill be justified.
Ifwe saythat we have not sinned,we makeHim a liarand His wordis not in us.
