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Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
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How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
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Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
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If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
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If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
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Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
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For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
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Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
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Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
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Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
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So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
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He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
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He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
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His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
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If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
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Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
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They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
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