Bildad Says Man Is Inferior
1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,
2 “Dominion and awe belong to God;
He establishes peaceandorder in His high places.
3 “Is there any number to His [vast celestial] armies?
And upon whom does His light not rise?
4 “How then can man be justifiedandrighteous with God?
Or how can he who is born of a woman be pureandclean?
5 “Behold, even the moon has no brightness [compared to God’s majesty and glory]
And the stars are not pure in His sight,
6 How much less man,thatmaggot,
And the son of man,thatworm!”