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¹ Then Baldad the Suhite answered, and said:² How long will you throw out words? understand first, and so let us speak.³ Why are we reputed as beasts, and counted vile before you?⁴ Thou that destroyest thy soul in thy fury, shall the earth be forsaken for thee, and shall rocks be removed out of their place?

⁵ Shall not the light of the wicked be extinguished, and the flame of his fire not shine?⁶ The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and the lamp that is over him, shall be put out.⁷ The step of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down headlong.⁸ For he hath thrust his feet into a net, and walketh in its meshes.⁹ The sole of his foot shall be held in a snare, and thirst shall burn against him.¹⁰ A gin is hidden for him in the earth, and his trap upon the path.

¹¹ Fears shall terrify him on every side, and shall entangle his feet.¹² Let his strength be wasted with famine, and let hunger invade his ribs.¹³ Let it devour the beauty of his skin, let the firstborn death consume his arms.¹⁴ Let his confidence be rooted out of his tabernacle, and let destruction tread upon him like a king.¹⁵ Let the companions of him that is not, dwell in his tabernacle, let brimstone be sprinkled in his tent.¹⁶ Let his roots be dried up beneath, and his harvest destroyed above.¹⁷ Let the memory of him perish from the earth, and let not his name be renowned in the streets.¹⁸ He shall drive him out of light into darkness, and shall remove him out of the world.¹⁹ His seed shall not subsist, nor his offspring among his people, nor any remnants in his country.²⁰ They that come after him shall be astonished at his day, and horror shall fall upon them that went before.²¹ These then are the tabernacles of the wicked, and this the place of him that knoweth not God.