¹Respondens autem Baldad Suhites, dixit:Then Baldad the Suhite answered by saying:

¹Respondens autem Baldad Suhites, dixit:Then Baldad the Suhite answered by saying:

²Potestas et terror apud eum est,Powerqui facit concordiam in sublimibus suis.and terror are with him that makes a pact with those in high places.

²Potestas et terror apud eum est,Powerqui facit concordiam in sublimibus suis.and terror are with him that makes a pact with those in high places.

³Numquid est numerus militum ejus?Is there any limit to the number of his soldierset super quem non surget lumen illius?or to the number of those over whom his light rises?

³Numquid est numerus militum ejus?Is there any limit to the number of his soldierset super quem non surget lumen illius?or to the number of those over whom his light rises?

⁴Numquid justificari potest homo comparatus Deo?Is it right for man to compare himself to God,aut apparere mundus natus de muliere?or to appear pure though he is born of woman?

⁴Numquid justificari potest homo comparatus Deo?Is it right for man to compare himself to God,aut apparere mundus natus de muliere?or to appear pure though he is born of woman?

⁵Ecce luna etiam non splendet,Behold, even the moon is not radiant,et stellæ non sunt mundæ in conspectu ejus:and the stars are not pure, in his sight.

⁵Ecce luna etiam non splendet,Behold, even the moon is not radiant,et stellæ non sunt mundæ in conspectu ejus:and the stars are not pure, in his sight.

⁶quanto magis homo putredo,Is man much more than rottennesset filius hominis vermis?and the son of man much more than worms?

⁶quanto magis homo putredo,Is man much more than rottennesset filius hominis vermis?and the son of man much more than worms?