1Then Bildad the Shuhite spoke up and said,
2“Dominion and awe belong to God. He brings peace25:2. The term used here is to bring peace where there is strife. to his heavens.
3Who can count his armies? Is there anywhere his light doesn't shine?
4How can a human being be right before God? Can anyone born of woman be pure?
5If in God's eyes even the moon does not shine brightly, and the stars are not pure,
6how much less a human being—who by comparison is like a maggot or a worm!”