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!"