1. Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2. ‘Dominion and awe belong to God;he establishes order in the heights of heaven.
3. Can his forces be numbered?On whom does his light not rise?
4. How then can a mortal be righteous before God?How can one born of woman be pure?
5. If even the moon is not brightand the stars are not pure in his eyes,