¹ Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: ² “When will you end these speeches? Be sensible, and then we can talk. ³ Why are we regarded as cattle and considered stupid in your sight? ⁴ You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, is the earth to be abandoned for your sake? Or must the rocks be moved from their place? ⁵ “The lamp of a wicked man is snuffed out; the flame of his fire stops burning. ⁶ The light in his tent becomes dark; the lamp beside him goes out. ⁷ The vigor of his step is weakened; his own schemes throw him down. ⁸ His feet thrust him into a net; he wanders into its mesh.