| 1 | Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, |
| 2 | Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified? |
| 3 | Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when you mockest, shall no man make you ashamed? |
| 4 | For you have said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in your eyes. |
| 5 | But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee; |
| 6 | And that he would shew you the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of you less than your iniquity deserveth. |
| 7 | Canst you by searching find out God? can you find out the Almighty unto perfection? |
| 8 | It is as high as heaven; what can you do? deeper than hell; what can you know? |
| 9 | The measure of it is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. |
| 10 | If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him? |
| 11 | For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it? |
| 12 | For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt. |
| 13 | If you prepare your heart, and stretch out your hands toward him; |
| 14 | If iniquity be in your hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles. |
| 15 | For then shall you lift up thy face without spot; yea, you shall be stedfast, and shall not fear: |
| 16 | Because you shall forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away: |
| 17 | And your age shall be clearer than the noonday: you shall shine forth, you shall be as the morning. |
| 18 | And you shall be secure, because there is hope; yea, you shall dig about thee, and you shall take thy rest in safety. |
| 19 | Also you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee. |
| 20 | But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost. |
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