1 فأجابَ بلدَدُ الشُّوحيُّ:
2 «السُّلطانُ للهِ عَزَّ وجَلَّ،
وهوَ صانعُ السَّلامِ في أعاليهِ.
3 هل مَنْ يُحصي عدَدَ جُنودِهِ،
وعلى مَنْ لا يَظهَرُ نورُهُ.
4 كيفَ يَتبرَّرُ أحدٌ عِندَهُ
ويكونُ مولودُ المَرأةِ طاهرا؟
5 القمرُ نفْسُهُ يعوزُهُ النُّورُ
والكواكِبُ غيرُ صافيةٍ في عينَيهِ.
6 فكيفَ الإنسانُ وهوَ هذِهِ الحَشرَةُ!
وأينَ ابنُ آدمَ وهوَ تلكَ الدُّودَةُ».
1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 2 Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places. 3 Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise? 4 How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman? 5 Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight. 6 How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?