• Bildad Says God Rewards the Good

  • 1 Then Bildad the Shuhite responded,
  • 2 “How long will you say these things, And the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
  • 3 “Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?
  • 4 “If your sons sinned against Him, Then He turned them over to the power of their wrongdoing.
  • 5 “If you will search for God And implore the compassion of the Almighty,
  • 6 If you are pure and upright, Surely now He will stir Himself for you And restore your righteous estate.
  • 7 “Though your beginning was insignificant, Yet your end will increase greatly.
  • 8 “Please inquire of past generations, And consider the things searched out by their fathers.
  • 9 “For we are only of yesterday and know nothing, Because our days on earth are as a shadow.
  • 10 “Will they not teach you and tell you, And bring forth words from their minds?
  • 11 “Can papyrus grow tall without a marsh? Can the rushes grow without water?
  • 12 “While it is still green and not cut down, Yet it withers before any other plant.
  • 13 “So are the paths of all who forget God; And the hope of the godless will perish,
  • 14 His confidence is fragile, And his trust is a spider’s web.
  • 15 “He depends on his house, but it does not stand; He holds on to it, but it does not endure.
  • 16 “He flourishes before the sun, And his shoots spread out over his garden.
  • 17 “His roots wrap around a rock pile, He grasps a house of stones.
  • 18 “If he is removed from his place, Then it will deny him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’
  • 19 “Behold, this is the joy of His way; And out of the dust others will spring.
  • 20 “Behold, God will not reject a person of integrity, Nor will He help evildoers.
  • 21 “He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, And your lips with joyful shouting.
  • 22 “Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, And the tent of the wicked will no longer exist.”