17. As it is, I am no longer the one who does these things. It is sin living in me that does them.
18. I know there is nothing good in my sinful nature. I want to do what is good, but I can't.
19. I don't do the good things I want to do. I keep on doing the evil things I don't want to do.
20. I do what I don't want to do. But I am not really the one who is doing it. It is sin living in me.
21. Here is the law I find working in me. When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.
22. Deep inside me I find joy in God's law.