But mankind is born for trouble
as surely as sparks fly upward.

if you are pure and upright,
then He will move even now on your behalf
and restore the home where your righteousness dwells.

I am a laughingstock to my friends,
by calling on God, who answers me.
The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.

The upright are appalled at this,
and the innocent are roused against the godless.

All memory of him perishes from the earth;
he has no name anywhere.

Then an upright man could reason with Him,
and I would escape from my Judge forever.

My words come from my upright heart,
and my lips speak with sincerity what they know.