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65 lines
1.8 KiB
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## Bildad Speaks of the Downfall of the Wicked
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Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,
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###### 2
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"How long until you put an end to _your_ words? Show understanding and then we can talk.
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###### 3
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Why are we regarded as beasts, As dense in your eyes?
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###### 4
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O you who tear yourself in your anger-- For your sake is the earth to be forsaken, Or the rock to be moved from its place?
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###### 5
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"Indeed, the light of the wicked goes out, And the flame of his fire gives no light.
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###### 6
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The light in his tent is darkened, And his lamp goes out above him.
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###### 7
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His vigorous stride is shortened, And his own counsel brings him down.
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###### 8
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For he is thrown into the net by his own feet, And he steps on the netting.
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###### 9
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A snare seizes _him_ by the heel, _And_ a device snaps shut on him.
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###### 10
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A rope for him is hidden in the ground, And a trap for him on the path.
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###### 11
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All around terrors frighten him, And harass him at every step.
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###### 12
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His vigor is famished, And disaster is ready at his side.
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###### 13
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The firstborn of death eats parts of his skin; It eats parts of him.
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###### 14
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He is torn from the security of his tent, And they march him in step before the king of terrors.
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There dwells in his tent nothing of his; Brimstone is scattered on his abode.
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###### 16
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His roots are dried below, And his branch is cut off above.
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###### 17
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Memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name abroad.
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###### 18
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He is driven from light into darkness, And chased from the inhabited world.
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###### 19
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He has neither offspring nor posterity among his people, Nor any survivor where he sojourned.
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###### 20
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Those in the west are appalled at his fate, And those in the east are seized with horror.
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###### 21
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Surely such are the dwellings of the unjust, And this is the place of him who does not know God."
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