1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2“Dominion and awe belong to God;he establishes order in the heights of heaven.
3Can his forces be numbered?On whom does his light not rise?
4How then can a mortal be righteous before God?How can one born of woman be pure?
5If even the moon is not brightand the stars are not pure in his eyes,
6how much less a mortal, who is but a maggot—a human being, who is only a worm!”