• Bildad Speaks of the Wicked

  • 1 Then Bildad the Shuhite responded,
  • 2 “How long will you hunt for words? Show understanding, and then we can talk.
  • 3 “Why are we regarded as animals, As stupid in your eyes?
  • 4 “You who tear yourself in your anger— Should the earth be abandoned for your sake, Or the rock moved from its place?
  • 5 “Indeed, the light of the wicked goes out, And the spark from his fire does not shine.
  • 6 “The light in his tent is darkened, And his lamp goes out above him.
  • 7 “His vigorous stride is shortened, And his own plan brings him down.
  • 8 “For he is thrown into the net by his own feet, And he steps on the webbing.
  • 9 “A snare seizes him by the heel, And a trap snaps shut on him.
  • 10 “A noose for him is hidden in the ground, And a trap for him on the pathway.
  • 11 “All around sudden terrors frighten him, And harass him at every step.
  • 12 “His strength is famished, And disaster is ready at his side.
  • 13 “It devours parts of his skin, The firstborn of death devours his limbs.
  • 14 “He is torn from the security of his tent, And they march him before the king of terrors.
  • 15 “Nothing of his dwells in his tent; Brimstone is scattered on his home.
  • 16 “His roots are dried below, And his branch withers above.
  • 17 “The memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name abroad.
  • 18 “He is driven from light into darkness, And chased from the inhabited world.
  • 19 “He has no offspring or descendants among his people, Nor any survivor where he resided.
  • 20 “Those in the west are appalled at his fate, And those in the east are seized with horror.
  • 21 “Certainly these are the dwellings of the wicked, And this is the place of him who does not know God.”