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| [1]Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, |
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| [2]Should not the multitude of words be answered? Or should a great talker be justified? |
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| [3]Should men hold their peace at thy lies? And when thou mockest others, shall none make thee ashamed? |
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| [4]For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes. |
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| [5]But, oh that God would speak and open his lips against thee! |
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| [6]That he might show thee the secrets of wisdom, how thou hast deserved double, according to right: know therefore that God hath forgotten thee for thine iniquity. |
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| [7]Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty to his perfection? |
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| [8]The heavens are high, what canst thou do? It is deeper than the hell, how canst thou know it? |
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| [9]The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and it is broader than the sea. |
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| [10]If he cut off and shut up, or gather together, who can turn him back? |
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| [11]For he knoweth vain men, and seeth iniquity, and him that understandeth nothing. |
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| [12]Yet vain man would be wise, though man new born is like a wild ass colt. |
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| [13]If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him: |
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| [14]If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let no wickedness dwell in thy tabernacle. |
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| [15]Then truly shalt thou lift up thy face without spot, and shalt be stable, and shalt not fear. |
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| [16]But thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that are past. |
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| [17]Thine age also shall appear more clear than the noon day: thou shalt shine and be as the morning. |
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| [18]And thou shalt be bold, because there is hope: and thou shalt dig pits, and shalt lie down safely. |
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| [19]For when thou takest thy rest, none shall make thee afraid: yea, many shall make suit unto thee. |
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| [20]But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and their refuge shall perish, and their hope shall be sorrow of mind. |
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