111Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered,+2“Shouldn’t the multitude of words be answered?Should a man full of talk be justified?+3Should your boastings make men hold their peace?When you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?+4For you say, ‘My doctrine is pure.I am clean in your eyes.’+5But oh that God would speak,and open his lips against you,+6that he would show you the secrets of wisdom!For true wisdom has two sides.Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.+7“Can you fathom the mystery of God?Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?+8They are high as heaven. What can you do?They are deeper than Sheol. What can you know?+9Its measure is longer than the earth,and broader than the sea.+10If he passes by, or confines,or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?+11For he knows false men.He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn’t consider it.+12An empty-headed man becomes wisewhen a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.+13“If you set your heart aright,stretch out your hands toward him.+14If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away.Don’t let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.+15Surely then you shall lift up your face without spot;Yes, you shall be steadfast, and shall not fear:+16for you shall forget your misery.You shall remember it like waters that have passed away.+17Life shall be clearer than the noonday.Though there is darkness, it shall be as the morning.+18You shall be secure, because there is hope.Yes, you shall search, and shall take your rest in safety.+19Also you shall lie down, and no one shall make you afraid.Yes, many shall court your favor.+20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail.They shall have no way to flee.Their hope shall be the giving up of the spirit.”+Footnotes (1)
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