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8:1  Bildad from Shuah said:
8:2  How long will you talk and keep saying nothing?
8:3  Does God All-Powerful stand in the way of justice?
8:4  He made your children pay for their sins.
8:5  So why don't you turn to him
8:6  and start living right? Then he will decide to rescue and restore you to your place of honor.
8:7  Your future will be brighter by far than your past.
8:8  Our ancestors were wise, so learn from them.
8:9  Our own time has been short, like a fading shadow, and we know very little.
8:10  But they will instruct you with great understanding.
8:11  Papyrus reeds grow healthy only in a swamp,
8:12  and if the water dries up, they die sooner than grass.
8:13  Such is the hopeless future of all who turn from God
8:14  and trust in something as frail as a spider's web—
8:15  they take hold and fall because it's so flimsy.
8:16  Sinful people are like plants with spreading roots and plenty of sun and water.
8:17  They wrap their roots tightly around rocks.
8:18  But once they are pulled up, they have no more place;
8:19  their life slips away, and other plants grow there.
8:20  We know God doesn't reject an innocent person or help a sinner.
8:21  And so, he will make you happy and give you something to smile about.
8:22  But your evil enemies will be put to shame and disappear forever.