1. Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2. ‘How long will you say such things?Your words are a blustering wind.
3. Does God pervert justice?Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
4. When your children sinned against him,he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.
5. But if you will seek God earnestlyand plead with the Almighty,
6. if you are pure and upright,even now he will rouse himself on your behalfand restore you to your prosperous state.
7. Your beginnings will seem humble,so prosperous will your future be.