1 Then Bildad the Shuhite responded,
2 “Dominion and awe belong to Him Who makes peace in His heights.
3 “Is there any number to His troops? And upon whom does His light not rise?
4 “How then can mankind be righteous with God? Or how can anyone who is born of woman be pure?
5 “If even the moon has no brightness And the stars are not pure in His sight,
6 How much less man, that maggot, And a son of man, that worm!”