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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 your lies make men hold their peace? and when you mock, will 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 you;
6 And that he would show you the secrets of wisdom, that [they are] double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacts of you [less] than your iniquity [deserves].
7 Can you by searching find out God? can you find out the Almighty to 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 knows vain men: he sees wickedness also; will he not then consider [it]?
12 For vain man 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 your tabernacles.
15 For then will you lift up your face without spot; yes, you will be stedfast, and will not fear:
16 Because you will forget [your] misery, [and] remember [it] as waters [that] pass away:
17 And [your] age will be clearer than the noonday; you will shine forth, you will be as the morning.
18 And you will be secure, because there is hope; yes, you will dig [about you, and] you will take your rest in safety.
19 Also you will lie down, and none will make [you] afraid; yes, many will make suit to you.
20 But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and they will not escape, and their hope [will be as] the giving up of the spirit.