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8:1  Then Bildad from Shuah answered:
8:2  “How long will you talk like that? Your words are nothing but hot air!
8:3  God is always fair. God All-Powerful does what is right.
8:4  If your children sinned against God, he punished them. They paid for their sins.
8:5  But now, look to God and pray to the All-Powerful.
8:6  If you are pure and good, he will quickly come to help you. He will give your family back to you.
8:7  Then you will have a lot more than you had in the beginning!
8:8  “Ask those who are now old. Find out what their ancestors learned.
8:9  It seems as though we were born yesterday. We are too young to know anything. Our days on earth are very short, like a shadow.
8:10  Maybe the old people can tell you something. Maybe they will teach you what they learned.
8:11  “Can papyrus grow tall on a dry land? Can reeds grow without water?
8:12  No, they will dry up before harvest. They will be too small to cut and use.
8:13  People who forget God are like that. Those who oppose him have no hope.
8:14  They have put their trust in something weak. It is like a spider’s web.
8:15  When they lean against it, it will break. When they reach out for it, it will not hold them up.
8:16  Such people are like a vine that gets plenty of water and sunshine, and its branches spread throughout the garden.
8:17  Its roots spread among the rocks, searching for good soil.
8:18  But if you move it, it will die, and no one can tell it was ever there.
8:19  Everything might have been going well, but another vine will take its place.
8:20  God does not support evil people, and he does not abandon the innocent.
8:21  So perhaps you might laugh again. Maybe shouts of joy will come from your lips.
8:22  Maybe your enemies will be humiliated and the homes of the wicked destroyed.”