1
Then
answered
Bildad
the
Shuhite,
and
said,
2
How
long
wilt
thou
speak
these
[things]?
and
[how
long
shall]
the
words
of
thy
mouth
[be
like]
a
strong
wind?
3
Doth
God
pervert
judgment?
or
doth
the
Almighty
pervert
justice?
4
If
thy
children
have
sinned
against
him,
and
he
have
cast
them
away
for
their
transgression;
5
If
thou
wouldest
seek
unto
God
betimes,
and
make
thy
supplication
to
the
Almighty;
6
If
thou
[wert]
pure
and
upright;
surely
now
he
would
awake
for
thee,
and
make
the
habitation
of
thy
righteousness
prosperous.
7
Though
thy
beginning
was
small,
yet
thy
latter
end
should
greatly
increase.
8
For
enquire,
I
pray
thee,
of
the
former
age,
and
prepare
thyself
to
the
search
of
their
fathers:
9
(For
we
[are
but
of]
yesterday,
and
know
nothing,
because
our
days
upon
earth
[are]
a
shadow:)
10
Shall
not
they
teach
thee,
[and]
tell
thee,
and
utter
words
out
of
their
heart?
11
Can
the
rush
grow
up
without
mire?
can
the
flag
grow
without
water?
12
Whilst
it
[is]
yet
in
his
greenness,
[and]
not
cut
down,
it
withereth
before
any
[other]
herb.
13
So
[are]
the
paths
of
all
that
forget
God;
and
the
hypocrite’s
hope
shall
perish:
14
Whose
hope
shall
be
cut
off,
and
whose
trust
[shall
be]
a
spider’s
web.
15
He
shall
lean
upon
his
house,
but
it
shall
not
stand:
he
shall
hold
it
fast,
but
it
shall
not
endure.
16
He
[is]
green
before
the
sun,
and
his
branch
shooteth
forth
in
his
garden.
17
His
roots
are
wrapped
about
the
heap,
[and]
seeth
the
place
of
stones.
18
If
he
destroy
him
from
his
place,
then
[it]
shall
deny
him,
[saying],
I
have
not
seen
thee.
19
Behold,
this
[is]
the
joy
of
his
way,
and
out
of
the
earth
shall
others
grow.
20
Behold,
God
will
not
cast
away
a
perfect
[man],
neither
will
he
help
the
evil
doers:
21
Till
he
fill
thy
mouth
with
laughing,
and
thy
lips
with
rejoicing.
22
They
that
hate
thee
shall
be
clothed
with
shame;
and
the
dwelling
place
of
the
wicked
shall
come
to
nought.