Bildad, the Shuhite, rose in act to speak. 

 "Dominion is with God, and fear. He makes 

 Peace in his own high places. Dost thou know 

 The number of His armies? Or on whom 

 His light ariseth not? 

 How then can man 

 Be justified with God? or he be pure 

 Born of a woman. Lo! the cloudless Moon, 

 And yon unsullied stars, are in His sight 

 Dim and impure. Can man who is a worm 

 Be spotless with his Maker?" 

 Hark, the voice 

 Of the afflicted man: 

 "How dost thou help 

 Him that is powerless? how sustain the arm 

 That fails in strength? how counsel him who needs 

 Wisdom? and how declare the righteous truth 

 Just as it is? 

 To Him who reads the soul, 

 Hades is naked, and the realms of Death 

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