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18:1  Bildad the Shuchi said,
18:2  “When will you put an end to words? Think about it — then we’ll talk!
18:3  Why are we thought of as cattle, stupid in your view?
18:4  You can tear yourself to pieces in your anger, but the earth won’t be abandoned just for your sake; not even a rock will be moved from its place.
18:5  “The light of the wicked will flicker and die, not a spark from his fire will shine,
18:6  the light in his tent is darkened, the lamp over him will be snuffed out.
18:7  His vigorous stride is shortened, his own plans make him trip and fall.
18:8  For his own feet plunge him into a net, he wanders into its meshes.
18:9  A trap grabs him by the heel, a snare catches hold of him.
18:10  A noose is hidden for him in the ground; pitfalls lie in his path.
18:11  Terrors overwhelm him on every side and scatter about his feet.
18:12  “Trouble is hungry for him, calamity ready for his fall;
18:13  disease eats away at his skin; the first stages of death devour him gradually.
18:14  What he relied on will be torn from his tent, and he will be marched before the king of terrors.
18:15  “What isn’t his at all will live in his tent; sulfur will be scattered on his home.
18:16  His roots beneath him will dry up; above him, his branch will wither.
18:17  Memory of him will fade from the land, while abroad his name will be unknown.
18:18  He will be pushed from light into darkness and driven out of the world.
18:19  “Without son or grandson among his people, no one will remain in his dwellings.
18:20  Those who come after will be appalled at his fate, just as those there before were struck with horror.
18:21  “This is how things are in the homes of the wicked, and this is the place of those who don’t know God.”