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Job 8

¹Are you finally through with your windy speech?

³God never twists justice; he never fails to do what is right.

⁴Your children must have sinned against God, and so he punished them as they deserved.

⁵But turn now and plead with Almighty God;

⁶if you are so honest and pure, then God will come and help you and restore your household as your reward.

⁷All the wealth you lost will be nothing compared with what God will give you then.

⁸Look for a moment at ancient wisdom; consider the truths our ancestors learned.

⁹Our life is short, we know nothing at all; we pass like shadows across the earth.

¹⁰But let the ancient wise people teach you; listen to what they had to say:

¹¹"Reeds can't grow where there is no water; they are never found outside a swamp.

¹²If the water dries up, they are the first to wither, while still too small to be cut and used.

¹³Godless people are like those reeds; their hope is gone, once God is forgotten.

¹⁴They trust a thread---a spider's web.

¹⁵If they lean on a web, will it hold them up? If they grab for a thread, will it help them stand?"

¹⁶Evil people sprout like weeds in the sun, like weeds that spread all through the garden.

¹⁷Their roots wrap around the stones and hold fast to every rock.

¹⁸But then pull them up--- no one will ever know they were there.

¹⁹Yes, that's all the joy evil people have; others now come and take their places.

²⁰But God will never abandon the faithful or ever give help to evil people.

²¹He will let you laugh and shout again,

²²but he will bring disgrace on those who hate you, and the homes of the wicked will vanish.