Job 4:16-18

Revised Standard Version

¹⁶ It stood still,
    but I could not discern its appearance.
A form was before my eyes;
    there was silence, then I heard a voice:
¹⁷ ‘Can mortal man be righteous before^[a] God?
    Can a man be pure before^[b] his Maker?
¹⁸ Even in his servants he puts no trust,
    and his angels he charges with error;