1 T hen Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

2 “ Dominion and fear belong to Him; He makes peace in His high places.

“ Dominion and awe belong to Him Who establishes peace in His heights.

3 I s there any number to His armies? Upon whom does His light not rise?

“Is there any number to His troops? And upon whom does His light not rise?

4 H ow then can man be righteous before God? Or how can he be pure who is born of a woman?

“How then can a man be just with God? Or how can he be clean who is born of woman?

5 I f even the moon does not shine, And the stars are not pure in His sight,

“If even the moon has no brightness And the stars are not pure in His sight,

6 H ow much less man, who is a maggot, And a son of man, who is a worm?”

How much less man, that maggot, And the son of man, that worm!”