Then
answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
02 Should not the multitude of words be answered?
and should a man full of talk be justified?
03 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and
when thou mockest, shall no man make thee
ashamed?
04 For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I
am clean in thine eyes.
05 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips
against thee;
06 And that he would shew thee the secrets of
wisdom, that they are double to that which is!
Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less
than thine iniquity deserveth.
07 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst
thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
08 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do?
deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
09 The measure thereof 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?
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12 For vain men would be wise, though man be born
like a wild ass's colt.
13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out
thine hands toward him;
14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away,
and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without
spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not
fear:
16 Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and
remember it as waters that pass away:
17 And thine age shall be clearer than the
noonday: thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as
the morning.
18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is
hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou
shalt take thy rest in safety.
19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make
thee 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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