15. If God places no trust in his holy ones,if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,
16. how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt,who drink up evil like water!
17. ‘Listen to me and I will explain to you;let me tell you what I have seen,
18. what the wise have declared,hiding nothing received from their ancestors
19. (to whom alone the land was givenwhen no foreigners moved among them):