² “Dominion and awe belong to God;^(B)
    he establishes order in the heights of heaven.^(C)
3 Can his forces be numbered?
    On whom does his light not rise?^(D)
4 How then can a mortal be righteous before God?
    How can one born of woman be pure?^(E)
5 If even the moon^(F) is not bright
    and the stars are not pure in his eyes,^(G)
6 how much less a mortal, who is but a maggot—
    a human being,^(H) who is only a worm!”^(I)

² “As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice,^(B)
    the Almighty,^(C) who has made my life bitter,^(D)
3 as long as I have life within me,
    the breath of God^(E) in my nostrils,
⁴ my lips will not say anything wicked,
    and my tongue will not utter lies.^(F)
5 I will never admit you are in the right;
    till I die, I will not deny my integrity.^(G)
6 I will maintain my innocence^(H) and never let go of it;
    my conscience^(I) will not reproach me as long as I live.^(J)