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[1] Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
[2] How long wilt thou talk of these things? And how long shall the words of thy mouth be as a mighty wind?
[3] Doth God pervert judgment? Or doth the Almighty subvert justice?
[4] If thy sons have sinned against him, and he hath sent them into the place of their iniquity,
[5] Yet if thou wilt early seek unto God, and pray to the Almighty,
[6] If thou be pure and upright, then surely he will awake up unto thee, and he will make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
[7] And though thy beginning be small, yet thy latter end shall greatly increase.
[8] Inquire therefore, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to search of their fathers.
[9] (For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant: for our days upon earth are but a shadow)
[10] Shall not they teach thee and tell thee, and utter the words of their heart?
[11] Can a rush grow without mire? Or can the grass grow without water?
[12] Though it were in green and not cut down, yet shall it wither before any other herb.
[13] So are the paths of all that forget God, and the hypocrite's hope shall perish.
[14] His confidence also shall be cut off, and his trust shall be as the house of a spider.
[15] He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold him fast by it, yet shall it not endure.
[16] The tree is green before the sun, and the branches spread over the garden thereof.
[17] The roots thereof are wrapped about the fountain, and are folden about the house of stones.
[18] If any pluck it from his place, and it deny, saying, I have not seen thee,
[19] Behold, it will rejoice by this means, that it may grow in another mold.
[20] Behold, God will not cast away an upright man, neither will he take the wicked by the hand,
[21] Till he have filled thy mouth with laughter, and thy lips with joy.
[22] They that hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, and the dwelling of the wicked shall not remain.
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