1And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said, 2How long will you speak these things, since the words of your mouth [are like] a strong wind? 3Does God pervert judgment? Or does the Almighty pervert justice? 4If your sons have sinned against Him, and if He has cast them away for their transgression, 5if you would seek earnestly to God and make your prayer to the Almighty; 6if you [were] pure and upright, surely now He would awake for you, and make the dwelling-place of your righteousness blessed. 7And if your beginning was small, yet your end would greatly increase. 8For please ask of the former age, and prepare yourself to the search of their fathers, 9for we [are but of] yesterday and know nothing, because our days on earth [are] a shadow. 10Shall they not teach you, [and] tell you, and speak words out of their heart? 11Can the rush grow up without mire? Can the reed-grass grow without water? 12While it [is] yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it dries out before any [other] herb. 13So are the paths of all who forget God; and the hope of the ungodly shall perish. 14His hope shall be cut off, and his trust [shall be] in a spider's web. 15He shall lean on his house, but it shall not stand; he shall hold fast to it, but it shall not endure. 16He [is] moist before the sun, and his branches shoot forth in his garden. 17His roots are wrapped around the heap, [and] he sees the place of stones. 18If he is destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him: I have not seen you. 19Behold, this [is] the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow. 20Behold, God will not cast away the innocent, nor will He help the evildoers, 21until He fills your mouth with laughter, and your lips with rejoicing. 22Those who hate you shall be clothed with shame; and the tent of the wicked [shall be] no more.