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Then Baldad the Suhite answered, and said:
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How long will you throw out words? understand first, and so let us speak.
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Why are we reputed as beasts, and counted vile before you?
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Thou that destroyest thy soul in thy fury, shall the earth be forsaken for thee, and shall rocks be removed out of their place?
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Shall not the light of the wicked be extinguished, and the flame of his fire not shine?
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The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and the lamp that is over him, shall be put out.
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The step of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down headlong.
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For he hath thrust his feet into a net, and walketh in its meshes.
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The sole of his foot shall be held in a snare, and thirst shall burn against him.
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A gin is hidden for him in the earth, and his trap upon the path.
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Fears shall terrify him on every side, and shall entangle his feet.
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Let his strength be wasted with famine, and let hunger invade his ribs.
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Let it devour the beauty of his skin, let the firstborn death consume his arms.
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Let his confidence be rooted out of his tabernacle, and let destruction tread upon him like a king.
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Let the companions of him that is not, dwell in his tabernacle, let brimstone be sprinkled in his tent.
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Let his roots be dried up beneath, and his harvest destroyed above.
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Let the memory of him perish from the earth and let not his name be renowned in the streets.
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He shall drive him out of light into darkness, and shall remove him out of the world.
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His seed shall not subsist, nor his offspring among his people, nor any remnants in his country.
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They that come after him shall be astonished at his day, and horror shall fall upon them that went before.
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These men are the tabernacles of the wicked, and this the place of him that knoweth not God.