‘Can mankind be just before God?
Can a man be pure before his Maker?

“But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker,
Who gives songs in the night,

“I will fetch my knowledge from afar,
And I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

“For I do not know how to flatter,
Else my Maker would soon take me away.

“He is the first of the ways of God;
Let his maker bring near his sword.

“They conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity,
And their mind prepares deception.”