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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 ^(C1)regarded as animals,
As stupid in your eyes?

⁴ "^(F1)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 ^(C1)light of the wicked goes out,
And the spark from his fire does not shine.

⁶ "The light in his tent is ^(C1)darkened,
And his lamp goes out above him.

⁷ "His ^(F1)vigorous stride is shortened,
And his ^(C1)own plan brings him down.

⁸ "For he is ^(C1)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 ^(C1)sudden terrors frighten him,
And ^(C2)harass him at every step.

¹² "His strength is ^(C1)famished,
And disaster is ready at his side.

¹³ "^(F1)It devours parts of his skin,
The firstborn of death ^(C1)devours his ^(F2)limbs.

¹⁴ "He is ^(C1)torn from ^(F1)the security of his tent,
And ^(F2)they march him before the king of ^(C2)terrors.

¹⁵ "^(F1)Nothing of his dwells in his tent;
^(C1)Brimstone is scattered on his home.

¹⁶ "His ^(C1)roots are dried below,
And his ^(C2)branch withers above.

¹⁷ "^(C1)The memory of him perishes from the earth,
And he has no name abroad.

¹⁸ "^(F1)He is driven from light ^(C1)into darkness,
And ^(C2)chased from the inhabited world.

¹⁹ "He has no ^(C1)offspring or descendants among his people,
Nor any survivor where he resided.

²⁰ "Those in the west are appalled at ^(C1)his ^(F1)fate,
And those in the east are seized with horror.

²¹ "Certainly these are the ^(C1)dwellings of the wicked,
And this is the place of him who does not know God."