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No human is righteous when he stands in front of God.
    He cannot be pure.
When God looks at the moon and the stars,
    they do not seem to be pure and bright.
So when God looks at us humans,
    we do not seem important to him.
To him, we are as useless as worms.’

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How then can a mortal be righteous before God?
    How can one born of woman be pure?(A)
If even the moon(B) is not bright
    and the stars are not pure in his eyes,(C)
how much less a mortal, who is but a maggot—
    a human being,(D) who is only a worm!”(E)

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