1 Then *Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:

2 "Dominion and fear are with God;*

he makes peace in his high heaven.

3 Is there any number to his *armies?

Upon whom does his *light not arise?

4 How then can man be *in the right before God?

How can he who is *born of woman be *pure?

5 Behold, even the moon is not bright,

and the stars are not pure in his eyes;

6 *how much less man, who is *a maggot,

and *the son of man, who is a worm!"