1. Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2. How long will you go on saying these things?Your words are a blast of wind.
3. Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
4. Since your children sinned against Him,He gave them over to their rebellion.
5. But if you earnestly seek Godand ask the Almighty for mercy,
6. if you are pure and upright,then He will move even now on your behalfand restore the home where your righteousness dwells.
7. Then, even if your beginnings were modest,your final days will be full of prosperity.
8. For ask the previous generation,and pay attention to what their fathers discovered,
9. since we were born only yesterday and know nothing.Our days on earth are but a shadow.
10. Will they not teach you and tell youand speak from their understanding?