## Bildad Claims God Rewards the Good 

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Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said, 

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"How long will you say these things, And the words of your mouth be a mighty wind? 

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Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right? 

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If your sons sinned against Him, Then He sent them into the power of their transgression. 

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If you would seek God earnestly And plead for the grace of the Almighty, 

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If you are pure and upright, Indeed now He would rouse Himself for you And make your righteous abode at peace. 

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Though your beginning was insignificant, Yet your end will increase greatly. 

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"Please ask of past generations, And establish the things searched out by their fathers. 

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For we are _only_ of yesterday and know nothing, Because our days on earth are _but_ a shadow. 

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Will they not instruct you _and_ tell you, And bring forth words from their hearts? 

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"Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the rushes grow without water? 

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While it is still green _and_ not cut down, Yet it dries up before any _other_ plant. 

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So are the paths of all who forget God; And the hope of the godless will perish, 

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Whose confidence is fragile, And whose trust a spider's web. 

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He relies on his house, but it does not stand; He holds fast to it, but it is not established. 

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He thrives before the sun, And his shoots go forth over his garden. 

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His roots wrap around a rock pile; He looks upon a house of stones. 

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If He swallows him up from his place, Then it will deny him, _saying_, 'I never saw you.' 

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Behold, this is the joy of His way; And out of the dust others will spring. 

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Behold, God will not reject a blameless _man_, Nor will He strengthen the hand of the evildoers. 

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He will yet fill your mouth with laughter And your lips with shouting. 

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Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, And the tent of the wicked will be no longer."