² “Dominion and fear are with God;^[a]
    he makes peace in his high heaven.^(A)
3 Is there any number to his armies?
    Upon whom does his light not arise?^(B)
4 How then can a mortal be righteous before God?
    How can one born of woman be pure?^(C)
5 If even the moon is not bright
    and the stars are not pure in his sight,^(D)
6 how much less a mortal, who is a maggot,
    and a human being, who is a worm!”^(E)

² “As God lives, who has taken away my right,
    and the Almighty,^[a] who has made my soul bitter,^(B)
3 as long as my breath is in me
    and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,
⁴ my lips will not speak falsehood,
    and my tongue will not utter deceit.^(C)
5 Far be it from me to say that you are right;
    until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.^(D)
6 I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go;
    my heart will not reproach me as long as I live.^(E)