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Inferior humans

25 Bildad from Shuah replied:

Supreme power and awe belong to God;
    he establishes peace on his heights.
Can his troops be counted?
    On whom does his light not rise?
How can a person be innocent before God;
    one born of a woman be pure?
If even the moon is not bright
        and the stars not pure in his eyes,
    how much less a human, a worm,
        a person’s child, a grub.

Bildad Speaks: No One Is Righteous to God

25 Then Bildad from Shuah replied ⌞to Job⌟,

“Authority and terror belong to God.
He establishes peace in his high places.
Is there any ⌞limit to the⌟ number of his troops?
Is there anyone on whom his light does not rise?
How can a person be righteous to God?
How can anyone born of a woman be pure?
Even the moon isn’t bright,
and the stars aren’t pure in his sight.
How much less pure is a mortal—who is only a maggot—
a descendant of Adam—who is only a worm!”