8Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:H6030H1085H7747H5592"How long will you say such things? Your words are a blustering wind.H575H5704H4448H561H6310H3524H73073Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?H410H5791H4941H7706H5791H66644When your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.H1121H2398H7971H3027H65885But if you will look to God and plead with the Almighty,H7836H410H7836H2603H77066if you are pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself on your behalf and restore you to your rightful place.H2134H3477H5782H5116H6664H79997Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will your future be.H7225H4705H319H3966H76858"Ask the former generations and find out what their fathers learned,H7592H7223H7223H1755H3559H2714H19for we were born only yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow.H8543H3045H3117H776H673810Will they not instruct you and tell you? Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?H3384H559H3318H4405H382011Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds thrive without water?H1573H1342H1207H7685H260H7685H1097H432512While still growing and uncut, they wither more quickly than grass.H3H6998H3001H6440H268213Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so perishes the hope of the godless.H734H7911H410H2611H8615H614What he trusts in is fragile; what he relies on is a spider's web.H3689H6990H4009H5908H100415He leans on his web, but it gives way; he clings to it, but it does not hold.H8172H1004H5975H2388H696516He is like a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden;H7373H6440H8121H3127H3318H159317it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks and looks for a place among the stones.H8328H5440H1530H2372H1004H6818But when it is torn from its spot, that place disowns it and says, 'I never saw you.'H1104H4725H3584H720019Surely its life withers away, and from the soil other plants grow.H4885H1870H6083H312H677920"Surely God does not reject a blameless man or strengthen the hands of evildoers.H410H3988H8535H2388H3027H748921He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy.H4390H6310H7814H8193H864322Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tents of the wicked will be no more."H8130H3847H1322H168H7563H369