¹⁴ “What are mortals, that they could be pure,
    or those born of woman,^(A) that they could be righteous?^(B)

⁴ How then can a mortal be righteous before God?
    How can one born of woman be pure?^(A)

⁵ Surely I was sinful^(A) at birth,^(B)
    sinful from the time my mother conceived me.

⁸ You have neither heard nor understood;^(A)
    from of old your ears^(B) have not been open.
Well do I know how treacherous^(C) you are;
    you were called a rebel^(D) from birth.