| Chapter 8 |
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Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, --
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How long wilt thou speak these things? And [how long] shall the words of thy mouth be [like] a mighty wind? --
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Doth God pervert justice? Or doth the Almighty pervert righteousness? --
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If thy children have sinned against him, And he hath delivered them into the hand of their transgression; --
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If thou wouldest seek diligently unto God, And make thy supplication to the Almighty; --
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If thou wert pure and upright: Surely now he would awake for thee, And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. --
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And though thy beginning was small, Yet thy latter end would greatly increase. --
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For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out: --
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(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days upon earth are a shadow); --
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Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, And utter words out of their heart? --
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Can the rush grow up without mire? Can the flag grow without water? --
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Whilst it is yet in its greenness, [and] not cut down, It withereth before any [other] herb. --
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So are the paths of all that forget God; And the hope of the godless man shall perish: --
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Whose confidence shall break in sunder, And whose trust is a spider's web. --
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He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure. --
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He is green before the sun, And his shoots go forth over his garden. --
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His roots are wrapped about the [stone] -heap, He beholdeth the place of stones. --
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If he be destroyed from his place, Then it shall deny him, [saying], I have not seen thee. --
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Behold, this is the joy of his way; And out of the earth shall others spring. --
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Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, Neither will he uphold the evil-doers. --
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He will yet fill thy mouth with laughter, And thy lips with shouting. --
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They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; And the tent of the wicked shall be no more. --
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