8Then in response, Bildad from Shuah said:H6030H1085H7747H5592"How long will you keep talking like this? How long will you keep talking like a wind storm?H575H5704H4448H561H6310H3524H73073Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what's right?H410H5791H4941H7706H5791H66644"If your children sin against him; he'll make them a prisoner of their sins.H1121H2398H7971H3027H65885If you seek God, if you ask the Almighty for mercy,H7836H410H7836H2603H77066if you are clean and upright; surely then he'll act on your behalf and restore your rightful place.H2134H3477H5782H5116H6664H79997Your beginning may be small, but later years will be very great.H7225H4705H319H3966H76858"Inquire of the previous generation, won't you please? Consider what their forefathers searched out.H7592H7223H7223H1755H3559H2714H19Because we are of yesterday and we know nothing; for our time on earth is only a shadow.H8543H3045H3117H776H673810Won't they instruct you, and tell you, and bring out words from the heart?H3384H559H3318H4405H382011"Can papyrus grow where there's no marsh? Can reeds flourish without water?H1573H1342H1207H7685H260H7685H1097H432512While they are still green, and not yet ready to be harvested, they wither before any plant.H3H6998H3001H6440H268213Such are the paths of everyone who forgets God? the hope of the godless will be destroyed:H734H7911H410H2611H8615H614his confidence is shattered; his trust is in a spider's web.H3689H6990H4009H5908H100415He leans against his house, but it won't stand; he grabs hold of it firmly, but it doesn't last.H8172H1004H5975H2388H696516He is a fresh sapling planted in the sunlight, spreading out its branches over its garden.H7373H6440H8121H3127H3318H159317Its roots weave around a pile of stones, seeking to entrench itself among the rocks.H8328H5440H1530H2372H1004H6818If he is uprooted from his place; then it will deny him: 'I never saw you.'H1104H4725H3584H720019"Indeed, this is the benefit of God's way: from the soil other plants will sprout.H4885H1870H6083H312H677920Surely God won't reject those who are blameless or hold hands with evildoers.H410H3988H8535H2388H3027H748921He will soon fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips will shout with joy.H4390H6310H7814H8193H864322Those who hate you will be clothed with shame; and the tent of the wicked will no longer exist.H8130H3847H1322H168H7563H369