² “Sovereignty and awe belong to God
    who has established peace in his realm on high.
³ How can anyone number his forces?^[b]
    Upon whom does his light not arise?
⁴ “How then can any man be righteous in God’s eyes?
    How can one born of woman be regarded as virtuous?
⁵ If in his eyes the moon is not bright
    and the stars are not pure,
⁶ how much less is man, who is a maggot,
    a son of man, who is a worm?”