Job 8:2-10

2“How long will you say such things? Your words are a blustering wind.

3Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?

4When your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.

5But if you will seek God earnestly and plead with the Almighty,

6if you are pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself on your behalf and restore you to your prosperous state.

7Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will your future be.

8“Ask the former generation and find out what their ancestors learned,

9for we were born only yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow.

10Will they not instruct you and tell you? Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?