1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

2 "Dominion and awe belong to God;

He establishes peace and order in His high places.

3 "Is there any number to His [vast celestial] armies?

And upon whom does His light not rise?

4 "How then can man be justified and righteous with God?

Or how can he who is born of a woman be pure and clean? [Ps 130:3; 143:2]

5 "Behold, even the moon has no brightness [compared to God’s majesty and glory]

And the stars are not pure in His sight,

6 How much less man, that maggot,

And the son of man, that worm!"