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8:1  Bildad from Shuah responded:
8:2  How long will you mouth such things such that your utterances become a strong wind?
8:3  Does God pervert justice, or does the Almighty distort what is right?
8:4  If your children sinned against him, then he delivered them into the power of their rebellion.
8:5  If you will search eagerly for God, plead with the Almighty.
8:6  If you are pure and do the right thing, then surely he will become active on your behalf and reward your innocent dwelling.
8:7  Although your former state was ordinary, your future will be extraordinary.
8:8  Ask a previous generation and verify the findings of your ancestors,
8:9  for we are only recently here and don’t know because our days on earth are a shadow.
8:10  Won’t they instruct you and tell you; will words not proceed from their hearts?
8:11  Does papyrus grow apart from a marsh? Does a reed flourish without water?
8:12  While still tender, uncut, it will wither before every other grass.
8:13  So are the paths of all who forget God. Hope perishes for the godless,
8:14  whose confidence is a fragile thing, their trust, a spider’s web.
8:15  He leans on its web, and it doesn’t stand; grasps it, and it can’t remain in place.
8:16  It’s like a well-watered plant in the sun; its runners spread over its gardens.
8:17  Its roots are entwined over a pile of rocks, for it sees a home among stones.
8:18  If it’s uprooted from its place, it lies, saying, “I can’t see you.”
8:19  Surely its way is a joy, for from the dust other plants sprout.
8:20  Surely God won’t reject integrity, won’t strengthen the hand of the wicked.
8:21  He will still fill your mouth with joy, your lips with a victorious shout.
8:22  Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will vanish.