²⁷ So God created^(G) mankind^(H) in his own image,^(I)
    in the image of God^(J) he created them;
    male and female^(K) he created them.^(L)

“I will make your pains in childbearing very severe;
    with painful labor you will give birth to children.^(A)
Your desire will be for your husband,
    and he will rule over you.^(B)”

¹⁷ “What is mankind that you make so much of them,
    that you give them so much attention,^(A)
18 that you examine them every morning^(B)
    and test them^(C) every moment?^(D)

² God looks down from heaven^(D)
    on all mankind
to see if there are any who understand,^(E)
    any who seek God.^(F)
3 Everyone has turned away, all have become corrupt;
    there is no one who does good,
    not even one.^(G)

³ Lord, what are human beings^(A) that you care for them,
    mere mortals that you think of them?

“There is no one righteous, not even one;
¹¹     there is no one who understands;
    there is no one who seeks God.
¹² All have turned away,
    they have together become worthless;
there is no one who does good,
    not even one.”^[a](C)
13 “Their throats are open graves;
    their tongues practice deceit.”^[b](D)
“The poison of vipers is on their lips.”^[c](E)
14     “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”^[d](F)
15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;
¹⁶     ruin and misery mark their ways,
¹⁷ and the way of peace they do not know.”^[e](G)
18     “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”^[f](H)