14 “Mortals, born of woman,^(A)
    are of few days^(B) and full of trouble.^(C)

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

7 “Do not mortals have hard service^(A) on earth?^(B)
    Are not their days like those of hired laborers?^(C)

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

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

²⁵ “My days are swifter than a runner;^(A)
    they fly away without a glimpse of joy.^(B)

⁶ “My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,^(A)
    and they come to an end without hope.^(B)