כִּ֣י יֶֽחֶטְאוּ־לָ֗ךְ כִּ֣י אֵ֤ין אָדָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־יֶחֱטָ֔א וְאָנַפְתָּ֣ בָ֔ם וּנְתַתָּ֖ם לִפְנֵ֣י אוֹיֵ֑ב וְשָׁב֤וּם שֹֽׁבֵיהֶם֙ אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ הָאוֹיֵ֔ב רְחוֹקָ֖ה א֥וֹ קְרוֹבָֽה׃
אַז זײ װעלן זינדיקן צו דיר–און דו װעסט צוהערן אױף זײ, און זײ איבערגעבן פֿאַרן פֿײַנט, און זײערע פֿאַנגערס װעלן זײ נעמען געפֿאַנגען אין לאַנד פֿון דעם פֿײַנט, װײַט אָדער נאָנט;
Duties of the Heart
And even though, those saved from ever sinning are on a higher level (than the penitent), since every penitent was a tzadik before he sinned, but not every tzadik was a penitent. And David said of them "How blessed is the man to whom the L-ord does not count in him iniquity" (Tehilim 32:2), and the reason he mentioned them second is because they are few to be found in every generation, as written: "If You, L-ord, should mark iniquities, O L-ord, who could stand?" (Tehilim 130:3), and "For there is not a just man on earth who does good and sins not"(Koheles 7:20), and "for (there is) no man who does not sin" (Melachim 8:46).