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Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,
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"How long will you say these things, And the awords of your mouth be a mighty wind?
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"Does aGod pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?
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"aIf your sons sinned against Him, Then He delivered them into the power of their transgression.
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"If you would aseek God And implore the compassion of the Almighty,
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If you are pure and upright, Surely now aHe would rouse Himself for you And restore your righteous bestate.
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"Though your beginning was insignificant, Yet your aend will increase greatly.
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"Please ainquire of past generations, And consider the things searched out by their fathers.
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"For we are only of yesterday and know nothing, Because aour days on earth are as a shadow.
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"Will they not teach you and tell you, And bring forth words from their minds?
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"Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the rushes grow without water?
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"While it is still green and not cut down, Yet it withers before any other plant.
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"So are the paths of aall who forget God; And the bhope of the godless will perish,
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Whose confidence is fragile, And whose trust a aspider's web.
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"He trusts in his ahouse, but it does not stand; He holds fast to it, but it does not endure.
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"He athrives before the sun, And his bshoots spread out over his garden.
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"His roots wrap around a rock pile, He grasps a house of stones.
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"If he is removed from ahis place, Then it will deny him, saying, 'bI never saw you.'
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"Behold, athis is the joy of His way; And out of the dust others will spring.
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"Lo, aGod will not reject a man of integrity, Nor bwill He support the evildoers.
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"He will yet fill ayour mouth with laughter And your lips with shouting.
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"Those who hate you will be aclothed with shame, And the btent of the wicked will be no longer."
