Then Baldad the Sauchite answered, and said,
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How long wilt thou speak these things, [how long shall] the breath of thy mouth [be] abundant in words?
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Will the Lord be unjust when he judges; or will he that has made all things pervert justice?
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If thy sons have sinned before him, he has cast them away because of their transgression.
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But be thou early in prayer to the Lord Almighty.
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If thou art pure and true, he will hearken to thy supplication, and will restore to thee the habitation of righteousness.
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Though then thy beginning should be small, yet thy end should be unspeakably great.
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For ask of the former generation, and search diligently among the race of [our] fathers:
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(for we are of yesterday, and know nothing; for our life upon the earth is a shadow:)
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shall not these teach thee, and report [to thee], and bring out words from [their] heart?
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Does the rush flourish without water, or shall the flag grow up without moisture?
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When it is yet on the root, and [though] it has not been cut down, does not any herb wither before it has received moisture?
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Thus then shall be the end of all that forget the Lord: for the hope of the ungodly shall perish.
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For his house shall be without inhabitants, and his tent shall prove a spider's web.
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If he should prop up his house, it shall not stand: and when he has taken hold of it, it shall not remain.
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For it is moist under the sun, and his branch shall come forth out of his dung-heap.
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He lies down upon a gathering of stones, and shall live in the midst of flints.
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If [God] should destroy [him], his place shall deny him. Hast thou not seen such things,
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that such is the overthrow of the ungodly? and out of the earth another shall grow.
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For the Lord will by no means reject the harmless man; but he will not receive any gift of the ungodly.
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But he will fill with laughter the mouth of the sincere, and their lips with thanksgiving.
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But their adversaries shall clothe themselves with shame; and the habitation of the ungodly shall perish.
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