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18:1  Then, Bildad the Shuhite replied, saying:
18:2  “How long until you end these words? Consider, and then we will talk.
18:3  Why are we regarded as beasts, and stupid in your eyes?
18:4  You, who tear yourself to pieces in anger, will the earth be abandoned for your sake? Or must a rock be moved from its place?
18:5  Indeed, the light of the wicked is snuffed out; the flame of his fire does not shine.
18:6  The light in his tent grows dark; the lamp above him goes out.
18:7  His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own scheme throws him down.
18:8  For he is cast into a net by his feet; he wanders into its mesh.
18:9  A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare holds him fast.
18:10  A rope is hidden for him on the ground, and a trap for him lies on the path.
18:11  On every side terrors frighten him and harass his every step.
18:12  Calamity is hungry for him; disaster is ready for his fall.
18:13  It eats away pieces of his skin; death’s firstborn devours his limbs.
18:14  He is torn from the security of his tent, and marched off to the king of terrors.
18:15  Nothing of his dwells in his tent; brimstone is scattered over his dwelling.
18:16  Below his roots dry up, and above his branches wither.
18:17  His memory perishes from the earth and he has no name in the land.
18:18  He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world.
18:19  He has no offspring or descendant among his people, no survivor where he once dwelt.
18:20  People of the west are appalled at his fate; people of the east are seized with horror.
18:21  Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked; such is the place of one who does not know God.”