If even the moon is not bright and the stars are not pure in His eyes,
If He puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,
For even what was glorious is not glorious in comparison to the glory that surpasses it.
Then the moon will be abashed and the sun ashamed, for Adonai-Tzva’ot will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before His elders, gloriously.
if I looked at the sun when it shines or the moon moving in splendor,
With the loyal You deal loyally. With the blameless You are blameless.
If He puts no trust in His servants and accuses His angels of error,
“Truly I know it is so, but how can one be righteous before God?
“A mortal born of woman, is of few days and full of turmoil.