Bildad Says Man Is Inferior

1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

2“Dominion and awe belong to God;

He establishes peace and order 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 justified and righteous with God?

Or how can he who is born of a woman be pure and clean?

5“Behold, even the moon has no brightness [compared to God’s majesty and glory]

And the stars are not pure in His sight,

6How much less man, that maggot,

And the son of man, that worm!”