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8:1  Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:
8:2  “How long will you say such things? Your words are no more than a strong wind.
8:3  God does not twist fairness. God All-Powerful does not make wrong what is right.
8:4  Your children sinned against God. And he punished them for their sins.
8:5  But you should ask God for help. Pray to God All-Powerful for mercy.
8:6  You must be good and honest. Then he will start doing something for you. And he will bring you back where you belong.
8:7  The place you began will seem unimportant because your future will be so successful.
8:8  “Ask old people and find out what their ancestors learned.
8:9  We were only born yesterday and know nothing. Our days on earth are like only a shadow.
8:10  Those people will teach you and tell you. They will tell you what they know.
8:11  Papyrus plants cannot grow tall where there is no wet land. Reeds cannot grow tall without water.
8:12  While they are still growing and not yet cut, they will dry up more quickly than grass.
8:13  That is what will happen to everyone who forgets God. The hope of the person without God will be gone.
8:14  What he trusts in is easily broken. It is as easily broken as a spider’s web.
8:15  He leans on the spider’s web, but it breaks. He holds on to it, but it does not hold him up.
8:16  He is like a well-watered plant in the sunshine. The plant spreads its roots all through the garden.
8:17  It wraps its roots around a pile of rocks. And it looks for a place among the stones.
8:18  But the plant may be torn from its place. Then that place rejects it and says, ‘I never saw you.’
8:19  Then its life dries up. And other plants grow up from the dirt in its place.
8:20  “Surely God does not reject innocent men. He does not give strength to those who do evil.
8:21  God will yet fill your mouth with laughter. And he will fill your lips with shouts of joy.
8:22  Your enemies will be covered in shame. And the tents of the wicked will be gone.”