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25 1-2 God is powerful; all must stand in awe of him;
    he keeps his heavenly kingdom in peace.
Can anyone count the angels who serve him?
Is there any place where God's light does not shine?
Can anyone be righteous or pure in God's sight?
In his eyes even the moon is not bright,
    or the stars pure.
Then what about a human being, that worm, that insect?
    What is a human life worth in God's eyes?

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 El?
    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!”