Iyov (Job) 8
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1Bildad the Shuchi spoke next:
2“How long will you go on talking like this?
What you are saying is raging wind!
3Does God distort judgment?
Does Shaddai pervert justice?
4If your children sinned against him,
he left them to be victims of their own offense.
5“If you will earnestly seek God
and plead for Shaddai’s favor,
6if you are pure and upright;
then he will rouse himself for you
and fulfill your needs.
7Then, although your beginnings were small,
your future will be very great indeed.
8“Ask the older generation,
and consider what their ancestors found out;
9for we who were born yesterday know nothing,
our days on earth are but a shadow.
10They will teach you, they will tell you,
they will say what is in their hearts:
11‘Can papyrus grow except in a marsh?
Can swamp grass flourish without water?
12While still green, before being cut down,
it dries up faster than any other plant.
13Such are the paths of all who forget God;
the hope of a hypocrite will perish —
14his confidence is mere gossamer,
his trust a spider’s web.
15He can lean on his house, but it won’t stand;
he can hold on to it, but it won’t last;
16[for its destruction will come] like the lush growth
of a plant in the sun,
its shoots may spread out all over its garden,
17but meanwhile its roots cause the stone house
to collapse, as it seizes hold of the rocks;
18someone who tears it away from its place
denies he has ever seen it.
19Yes, this is the “joy” of the way [of the godless],
and out of the dust will spring up others [like him].’
20“Look, God will not reject a blameless man;
nor will he uphold wrongdoers.
21He will yet fill your mouth with laughter
and your lips with shouts of joy.
22Those who hate you will be clothed with shame,
and the tent of the wicked will cease to exist.”
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