| 1절 | Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
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| 2절 | \"How long will you speak these things, And the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?
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| 3절 | Does God subvert judgment? Or does the Almighty pervert justice?
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| 4절 | If your sons have sinned against Him, He has cast them away for their transgression.
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| 5절 | If you would earnestly seek God And make your supplication to the Almighty,
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| 6절 | If you were pure and upright, Surely now He would awake for you, And prosper your rightful dwelling place.
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| 7절 | Though your beginning was small, Yet your latter end would increase abundantly.
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| 8절 | \"For inquire, please, of the former age, And consider the things discovered by their fathers;
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| 9절 | For we were born yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days on earth are a shadow.
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| 10절 | Will they not teach you and tell you, And utter words from their heart?
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| 11절 | \"Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the reeds flourish without water?
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| 12절 | While it is yet green and not cut down, It withers before any other plant.
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| 13절 | So are the paths of all who forget God; And the hope of the hypocrite shall perish,
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| 14절 | Whose confidence shall be cut off, And whose trust is a spider\'s web.
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| 15절 | He leans on his house, but it does not stand. He holds it fast, but it does not endure.
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| 16절 | He grows green in the sun, And his branches spread out in his garden.
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| 17절 | His roots wrap around the rock heap, And look for a place in the stones.
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| 18절 | If he is destroyed from his place, Then it will deny him, saying, \'I have not seen you.\'
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| 19절 | \"Behold, this is the joy of His way, And out of the earth others will grow.
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| 20절 | Behold, God will not cast away the blameless, Nor will He uphold the evildoers.
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| 21절 | He will yet fill your mouth with laughing, And your lips with rejoicing.
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| 22절 | Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, And the dwelling place of the wicked will come to nothing.\"
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