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