¹⁷ ‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God?^(A)
    Can even a strong man be more pure than his Maker?^(B)

¹² It is unthinkable that God would do wrong,^(A)
    that the Almighty would pervert justice.^(B)

¹⁵ Woe to those who go to great depths
    to hide^(A) their plans from the Lord,
who do their work in darkness and think,
    “Who sees us?^(B) Who will know?”^(C)