Bible Stories: Job (Chapter Xxv) Poem by Dr John Celes

Bildad, the Shuhite answered then:

Dominion belongs to God,
Who harmony brings in heavens;
Awesomeness too goes to the Lord.

Innumerable are His armies;
The stars and angels are His troops;
His light extends to all of them.

Can man be just in God’s own sight?
Can Eve’s children be innocent?
Behold the moon to God isn’t bright;
Stars luminous aren’t in His sight;

How much lesser ought to be man,
Who is but only maggot-like,
And son of man, who’s just a worm!


(5-7-2007)