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25 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

“Dominion and fear are with him.
    He makes peace in his high places.
Can his armies be counted?
    On whom does his light not arise?
How then can man be just with God?
    Or how can he who is born of a woman be clean?
Behold, even the moon has no brightness,
    and the stars are not pure in his sight;
How much less man, who is a worm,
    the son of man, who is a worm!”

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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.

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