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Job 8:20 Strong Concordance Behold, God [0410] will not cast away [03988] a perfect [08535] man, neither will he help [02388] [03027] the evil doers [07489]:
  King James Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Bildad regards Job as a righteous man, who has fallen into sin.

God will not cast away a perfect man--(or godly man, such as Job was), if he will only repent. Those alone who persevere in sin God will not help (Hebrew, "take by the hand," Psa 73:23; Isa 41:13; Isa 42:6) when fallen.
 
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6 I the LORD [03068] have called [07121] thee in righteousness [06664], and will hold [02388] thine hand [03027], and will keep [05341] thee, and give [05414] thee for a covenant [01285] of the people [05971], for a light [0216] of the Gentiles [01471];
13 For I the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] will hold [02388] thy right hand [03225], saying [0559] unto thee, Fear [03372] not; I will help [05826] thee.
23 Nevertheless I am continually [08548] with thee: thou hast holden [0270] me by my right [03225] hand [03027].
6 I the LORD [03068] have called [07121] thee in righteousness [06664], and will hold [02388] thine hand [03027], and will keep [05341] thee, and give [05414] thee for a covenant [01285] of the people [05971], for a light [0216] of the Gentiles [01471];
1 There was a man [0376] in the land [0776] of Uz [05780], whose name [08034] was Job [0347]; and that man [0376] was perfect [08535] and upright [03477], and one that feared [03373] God [0430], and eschewed [05493] evil [07451].
2 And enter [0935] not into judgment [04941] with thy servant [05650]: for in thy sight [06440] shall no man living [02416] be justified [06663].
18 Our heart [03820] is not turned [05472] back [0268], neither have our steps [0838] declined [05186] from thy way [0734];
19 Though thou hast sore broken [01794] us in the place [04725] of dragons [08577], and covered [03680] us with the shadow of death [06757].
20 If we have forgotten [07911] the name [08034] of our God [0430], or stretched out [06566] our hands [03709] to a strange [02114] god [0410];
21 Shall not God [0430] search this out [02713]? for he knoweth [03045] the secrets [08587] of the heart [03820].
22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed [02026] all the day [03117] long; we are counted [02803] as sheep [06629] for the slaughter [02878].
23 Awake [05782], why sleepest [03462] thou, O Lord [0136]? arise [06974], cast us not off [02186] for ever [05331].
21 For I have kept [08104] the ways [01870] of the LORD [03068], and have not wickedly departed [07561] from my God [0430].
1 A Prayer [08605] of David [01732]. Hear [08085] the right [06664], O LORD [03068], attend [07181] unto my cry [07440], give ear [0238] unto my prayer [08605], that goeth not [03808] out of feigned [04820] lips [08193].
2 Let my sentence [04941] come forth [03318] from thy presence [06440]; let thine eyes [05869] behold [02372] the things that are equal [04339].
3 Thou hast proved [0974] mine heart [03820]; thou hast visited [06485] me in the night [03915]; thou hast tried [06884] me, and shalt find [04672] nothing; I am purposed [02161] that my mouth [06310] shall not transgress [05674].
4 Concerning the works [06468] of men [0120], by the word [01697] of thy lips [08193] I have kept [08104] me from the paths [0734] of the destroyer [06530].
5 Hold up [08551] my goings [0838] in thy paths [04570], that my footsteps [06471] slip [04131] not.
6 I have called [07121] upon thee, for thou wilt hear [06030] me, O God [0410]: incline [05186] thine ear [0241] unto me, and hear [08085] my speech [0565].
7 Shew thy marvellous [06395] lovingkindness [02617], O thou that savest [03467] by thy right hand [03225] them which put their trust [02620] in thee from those that rise up [06965] against them.
8 Keep [08104] me as the apple [0380] of the eye [01323] [05869], hide [05641] me under the shadow [06738] of thy wings [03671],
9 From [06440] the wicked [07563] that [02098] oppress [07703] me, from my deadly [05315] enemies [0341], who compass me about [05362].
10 They are inclosed [05462] in their own fat [02459]: with their mouth [06310] they speak [01696] proudly [01348].
11 They have now compassed [05437] us in our steps [0838]: they have set [07896] their eyes [05869] bowing down [05186] to the earth [0776];
12 Like [01825] as a lion [0738] that is greedy [03700] of his prey [02963], and as it were a young lion [03715] lurking [03427] in secret places [04565].
13 Arise [06965], O LORD [03068], disappoint [06923] him [06440], cast him down [03766]: deliver [06403] my soul [05315] from the wicked [07563], which is thy sword [02719]:
14 From men [04962] which are thy hand [03027], O LORD [03068], from men [04962] of the world [02465], which have their portion [02506] in this life [02416], and whose belly [0990] thou fillest [04390] with thy hid [06840] treasure: they are full [07646] of children [01121], and leave [03240] the rest [03499] of their substance to their babes [05768].
15 As for me, I will behold [02372] thy face [06440] in righteousness [06664]: I shall be satisfied [07646], when I awake [06974], with thy likeness [08544].
6 If thou wert pure [02134] and upright [03477]; surely now he would awake [05782] for thee, and make the habitation [05116] of thy righteousness [06664] prosperous [07999].
20 Behold, God [0410] will not cast away [03988] a perfect [08535] man, neither will he help [02388] [03027] the evil doers [07489]:
22 They that hate [08130] thee shall be clothed [03847] with shame [01322]; and the dwelling [0168] place of the wicked [07563] shall come to nought [0369].
18 His enemies [0341] will I clothe [03847] with shame [01322]: but upon himself shall his crown [05145] flourish [06692].
29 Let mine adversaries [07853] be clothed [03847] with shame [03639], and let them cover [05844] themselves with their own confusion [01322], as with a mantle [04598].
26 Let them be ashamed [0954] and brought to confusion [02659] together [03162] that rejoice [08056] at mine hurt [07451]: let them be clothed [03847] with shame [01322] and dishonour [03639] that magnify [01431] themselves against me.
21 Till he fill [04390] thy mouth [06310] with laughing [07814], and thy lips [08193] with rejoicing [08643].
2 Then was our mouth [06310] filled [04390] with laughter [07814], and our tongue [03956] with singing [07440]: then said [0559] they among the heathen [01471], The LORD [03068] hath done [06213] great things [01431] for them.
10 Let the wicked [07563] fall [05307] into their own nets [04364], whilst that I withal [03162] escape [05674].
18 While he was yet speaking [01696], there came [0935] also another, and said [0559], Thy sons [01121] and thy daughters [01323] were eating [0398] and drinking [08354] wine [03196] in their eldest [01060] brother's [0251] house [01004]:
6 O my God [0430], my soul [05315] is cast down [07817] within me: therefore will I remember [02142] thee from the land [0776] of Jordan [03383], and of the Hermonites [02769], from the hill [02022] Mizar [04706].
21 Till he fill [04390] thy mouth [06310] with laughing [07814], and thy lips [08193] with rejoicing [08643].
6 I the LORD [03068] have called [07121] thee in righteousness [06664], and will hold [02388] thine hand [03027], and will keep [05341] thee, and give [05414] thee for a covenant [01285] of the people [05971], for a light [0216] of the Gentiles [01471];
13 For I the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] will hold [02388] thy right hand [03225], saying [0559] unto thee, Fear [03372] not; I will help [05826] thee.