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8:1  Then in response, Bildad from Shuah said:
8:2  "How long will you keep talking like this? How long will you keep talking like a wind storm?
8:3  Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what's right?
8:4  "If your children sin against him, he'll make them a prisoner of their sins.
8:5  If you seek God, if you ask the Almighty for mercy,
8:6  if you are clean and upright, surely then, he'll act on your behalf and restore your rightful place.
8:7  Your beginning may be small, but later years will be very great.
8:8  "Inquire of the previous generation, won't you please? Consider what their forefathers searched out.
8:9  Because we are of yesterday and we know nothing, for our time on earth is only a shadow.
8:10  Won't they instruct you, and tell you, and bring out words from the heart?
8:11  "Can papyrus grow where there's no marsh? Can reeds flourish without water?
8:12  While they are still green and not yet ready to be harvested, they wither before any plant.
8:13  Such are the paths of everyone who forgets God— the hope of the godless will be destroyed:
8:14  his confidence is shattered; his trust is in a spider's web.
8:15  He leans against his house, but it won't stand; he grabs hold of it firmly, but it doesn't last.
8:16  He is a fresh sapling planted in the sunlight, spreading out its branches over its garden.
8:17  Its roots weave around a pile of stones, seeking to entrench itself among the rocks.
8:18  If he is uprooted from his place, then it will deny him: 'I never saw you.'
8:19  "Indeed, this is the benefit of God's way: from the soil other plants will sprout.
8:20  Surely God won't reject those who are blameless or hold hands with those who practice evil.
8:21  He will soon fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips will shout with joy.
8:22  Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will no longer exist.