1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

2 Dominion and dread belong to him,
the one who establishes harmony in his heights.

3 Can his troops be numbered?
Does his light not shine on everyone?

4 How can a human be justified before God?
How can one born of woman be pure?

5 If even the moon does not shine
and the stars are not pure in his sight,

6 how much less a human, who is a maggot,
a son of man, who is a worm!