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Can anyone be righteous or pure in God's sight?
In his eyes even the moon is not bright,
    or the stars pure.
Then what about a human being, that worm, that insect?
    What is a human life worth in God's eyes?

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How then can a mortal be righteous before God?
    How can one born of woman be pure?(A)
If even the moon(B) is not bright
    and the stars are not pure in his eyes,(C)
how much less a mortal, who is but a maggot—
    a human being,(D) who is only a worm!”(E)

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