31
For we and our fathers have passed our lives in ways that bring death, but thou, because of us sinners, are called merciful.
32
For if thou hast desired to have pity on us, who have no works of righteousness, then thou wilt be called merciful.
33
For the righteous, who have many works laid up with thee, shall receive their reward in consequence of their own deeds.
34
But what is man, that thou art angry with him; or what is a corruptible race, that thou art so bitter against it?
35
For in truth there is no one among those who have been born who has not acted wickedly, and among those who have existed there is no one who has not transgressed.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.