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