“Bildad says, "I suggest you pray to the Lord with all your devotion and diligence. Everything else should come after your prayers." This is what "be early" means.”
Olympiodorus of Alexandria, 6th c. — COMMENTARY ON JOB 8:5-7
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5If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
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3Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
4If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
— Job 8:5 —
6If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
7Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.