[1] Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, [2] "How long will you speak these
things?    Shall the words of your mouth be a mighty wind? [3] Does God
pervert justice?    Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness? [4] If your
children have sinned against him,    He has delivered them into the hand of
their disobedience; [5] If you want to seek God diligently,    Make your
supplication to the Almighty. [6] If you were pure and upright,    Surely
now he would awaken for you, And make the habitation of your righteousness
prosperous. [7] Though your beginning was small, Yet your latter end would
greatly increase. [8] "Please inquire of past generations,    Find out
about the learning of their fathers. [9] (For we are but of yesterday, and
know nothing,	 Because our days on earth are a shadow.) [10] Shall they
not teach you, tell you,    And utter words out of their heart? [11] "Can
the papyrus grow up without mire?    Can the rushes grow without water?
[12] While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down,	It withers before
any other reed. [13] So are the paths of all who forget God.	The hope of
the godless man shall perish, [14] Whose confidence shall break apart,	 
Whose trust is a spider`s web. [15] He shall lean on his house, but it
shall not stand.    He shall cling to it, but it shall not endure. [16] He
is green before the sun,    His shoots go forth over his garden. [17] His
roots are wrapped around the rock pile,    He sees the place of stones.
[18] If he is destroyed from his place,    Then it shall deny him, saying,
`I have not seen you.` [19] Behold, this is the joy of his way:    Out of
the earth shall others spring. [20] "Behold, God will not cast away a
blameless man,	  Neither will he uphold the evil-doers. [21] He will still
fill your mouth with laughter,	  Your lips with shouting. [22] Those who
hate you shall be clothed with shame.	 The tent of the wicked shall be no
more."