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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 strong wind?

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Doth God pervert judgment?
or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

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If thy children have sinned against him,
and he have cast them away for their transgression;

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If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes,
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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Though thy beginning was small,
yet thy latter end should greatly increase.

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For enquire,
I pray thee,
of the former age,
and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:

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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 his 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 hypocrite's hope shall perish:

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Whose hope shall be cut off,
and whose trust shall be a spider's web.

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He shall lean upon his house,
but it shall not stand:
he shall hold it fast,
but it shall not endure.

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He is green before the sun,
and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.

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His roots are wrapped about the heap,
and seeth the place of stones.

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If he destroy him 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 grow.

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Behold,
God will not cast away a perfect man,
neither will he help the evil doers:

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Till he fill thy mouth with laughing,
and thy lips with rejoicing.

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They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame;
and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.