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8 : 1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
8 : 2 How long will you say such things? Your words are a blustering wind.
8 : 3 Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
8 : 4 When your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.
8 : 5 But if you will look to God and plead with the Almighty,
8 : 6 if you are pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself on your behalf and restore you to your rightful place.
8 : 7 Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will your future be.
8 : 8 Ask the former generations and find out what their fathers learned,
8 : 9 for we were born only yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow.
8 : 10 Will they not instruct you and tell you? Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?
8 : 11 Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds thrive without water?
8 : 12 While still growing and uncut, they wither more quickly than grass.
8 : 13 Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so perishes the hope of the godless.
8 : 14 What he trusts in is fragile ; what he relies on is a spider`s web.
8 : 15 He leans on his web, but it gives way; he clings to it, but it does not hold.
8 : 16 He is like a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden;
8 : 17 it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks and looks for a place among the stones.
8 : 18 But when it is torn from its spot, that place disowns it and says, `I never saw you.`
8 : 19 Surely its life withers away, and from the soil other plants grow.
8 : 20 Surely God does not reject a blameless man or strengthen the hands of evildoers.
8 : 21 He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy.
8 : 22 Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tents of the wicked will be no more."