17  ^l‘Can mortal man be in the right before¹ God?

Can a man be pure before his Maker?

14  ^cWhat is man, that he can be pure?

Or he who is born of a woman, ^dthat he can be righteous?

4  ^qHow then can man be in the right before God?

How can he who is born of woman be pure?

9  ^oWho can say, ^p“I have made my heart pure;

I am clean from my sin”?