1 BILDAD THE SHUHITE REPLIED:
2 »Rulership and awe belong to God. He establishes order in the heights of heaven.
3 »Can his forces be numbered? Upon whom does his light not rise?
4 »How then can a man be righteous before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
5 »If even the moon is not bright and the stars are not pure in his eyes,
6 »How much less man, who is but a maggot and a worm!«