²⁷ So God created^(A) mankind^(B) in his own image,^(C)
    in the image of God^(D) he created them;
    male and female^(E) he created them.^(F)

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

⁸ “Your hands shaped^(A) me and made me.
    Will you now turn and destroy me?^(B)

⁸ The Lord will vindicate^(A) me;
    your love, Lord, endures forever^(B)—
    do not abandon^(C) the works of your hands.^(D)

¹³ For you created my inmost being;^(A)
    you knit me together^(B) in my mother’s womb.^(C)
14 I praise you^(D) because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful,^(E)
    I know that full well.
¹⁵ My frame was not hidden from you
    when I was made^(F) in the secret place,
    when I was woven together^(G) in the depths of the earth.^(H)
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;
    all the days ordained^(I) for me were written in your book
    before one of them came to be.