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Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
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“Dominion and awe belong to God; he establishes order in the heights of heaven.
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Can his forces be numbered? On whom does his light not rise?
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How then can a mortal be righteous before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
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If even the moon is not bright and the stars are not pure in his eyes,
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how much less a mortal, who is but a maggot— a human being, who is only a worm!”