Dominion and fear are with God; he makes peace in his high places, asserting divine sovereignty and omnipotence as the foundation for Bildad's response to Job's complaint about cosmic injustice. The emphasis on dominion and fear suggests that Bildad's answer to Job's demand for justice is not comfort but a reaffirmation of divine transcendence and power. The making of peace in high places—the heavenly realm—implies that cosmic order and justice already obtain in the divine realm, even if the earthly realm seems chaotic. Bildad's strategy appears to be reasserting traditional theology: the universe is ordered, God controls it, and therefore trust is more appropriate than complaint.

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