² Dominion and dread^(A) 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?^(B)
How can one born of woman be pure?^(C)
5 If even the moon does not shine
and the stars are not pure in his sight,^(D)
6 how much less a human, who is a maggot,
a son of man,^[a] who is a worm!^(E)