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Bildad: The Wicked Are Punished
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# Chapter 18
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1. Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
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2. "How long till you put an end to words?
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Gain understanding, and afterward we will speak.
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3. Why are we counted as beasts,
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And regarded as stupid in your sight?
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4. You who tear yourself in anger,
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Shall the earth be forsaken for you?
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Or shall the rock be removed from its place?
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5. "The light of the wicked indeed goes out,
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And the flame of his fire does not shine.
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6. The light is dark in his tent,
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And his lamp beside him is put out.
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7. The steps of his strength are shortened,
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And his own counsel casts him down.
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8. For he is cast into a net by his own feet,
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And he walks into a snare.
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9. The net takes him by the heel,
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And a snare lays hold of him.
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10. A noose is hidden for him on the ground,
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And a trap for him in the road.
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11. Terrors frighten him on every side,
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And drive him to his feet.
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12. His strength is starved,
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And destruction is ready at his side.
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13. It devours patches of his skin;
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The firstborn of death devours his limbs.
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14. He is uprooted from the shelter of his tent,
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And they parade him before the king of terrors.
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15. They dwell in his tent who are none of his;
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Brimstone is scattered on his dwelling.
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16. His roots are dried out below,
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And his branch withers above.
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17. The memory of him perishes from the earth,
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And he has no name among the renowned.
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18. He is driven from light into darkness,
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And chased out of the world.
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19. He has neither son nor posterity among his people,
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Nor any remaining in his dwellings.
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20. Those in the west are astonished at his day,
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As those in the east are frightened.
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21. Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked,
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And this is the place of him who does not know God."
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