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² "How long will you speak these things,
seeing that the words of your mouth
are like a great wind?
³ Does God pervert justice?
Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?
⁴ If your children sinned against him,
he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.
⁵ But if you will look to God,
and make your supplication to the Almighty,
⁶ if you become pure and upright,
even now he will rouse himself for you,
and will restore your righteous abode.
⁷ Your beginning will seem so small,
since your future will flourish.
⁸ "For inquire now of the former generation,
and pay attention to the findings
of their ancestors;
⁹ For we were born yesterday and do not have knowledge,
since our days on earth are but a shadow.
¹⁰ Will they not instruct you and speak to you,
and bring forth words
from their understanding?
¹¹ Can the papyrus plant grow tall where there is no marsh?
Can reeds flourish without water?
¹² While they are still beginning to flower
and not ripe for cutting,
they can wither away
faster than any grass!
¹³ Such is the destiny of all who forget God;
the hope of the godless perishes,
¹⁴ whose trust is in something futile,
whose security is a spider's web.
¹⁵ He leans against his house but it does not hold up,
he takes hold of it but it does not stand.
¹⁶ He is a well-watered plant in the sun,
its shoots spread over its garden.
¹⁷ It wraps its roots around a heap of stones
and it looks for a place among stones.
¹⁸ If he is uprooted from his place,
then that place will disown him, saying,
‘I have never seen you!'
¹⁹ Indeed, this is the joy of his way,
and out of the earth others spring up.
²⁰ "Surely, God does not reject a blameless man,
nor does he grasp the hand
of the evildoers.
²¹ He will yet fill your mouth with laughter,
and your lips with gladness.
²² Those who hate you will be clothed with shame,
and the tent of the wicked will be no more."