² Dominion and dread^(A) belong to Him,
the One who establishes harmony in the heavens.^[a]
3 Can His troops be numbered?
Does His light not shine on everyone?
⁴ How can a person 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 man, who is a maggot,
and the son of man, who is a worm!^(E)