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| [1]Then Sophar the Minaean answered and said, |
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| [2]He that speaks much, should also hear on the other side: or does the fluent speaker think himself to be righteous? blessed is the short lived offspring of woman. |
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| [3]Be not a speaker of many words; for is there none to answer thee? |
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| [4]For say not, I am pure in my works, and blameless before him. |
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| [5]But oh that the Lord would speak to thee, and open his lips to thee! |
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| [6]Then shall he declare to thee the power of wisdom; for it shall be double of that which is with thee: and then shalt thou know, that a just recompence of thy sins has come to thee from the Lord. |
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| [7]Wilt thou find out the traces of the Lord? or hast thou come to the end of that which the Almighty has made? |
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| [8]Heaven is high; and what wilt thou do? and there are deeper things than those in hell; what dost thou know? |
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| [9]Or longer than the measure of the earth, or the breadth of the sea. |
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| [10]And if he should overthrow all things, who will say to him, What hast thou done? |
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| [11]For he knows the works of transgressors; and when he sees wickedness, he will not overlook it. |
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| [12]But man vainly buoys himself up with words; and a mortal born of woman is like an ass in the desert. |
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| [13]For if thou hast made thine heart pure, and liftest up thine hands towards him; |
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| [14]if there is any iniquity in thy hands, put if far from thee, and let not unrighteousness lodge in thy habitation. |
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| [15]For thus shall thy countenance shine again, as pure water; and thou shalt divest thyself of uncleanness, and shalt not fear. |
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| [16]And thou shalt forget trouble, as a wave that has passed by; and thou shalt not be scared. |
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| [17]And thy prayer shall be as the morning star, and life shall arise to thee as from the noonday. |
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| [18]And thou shalt be confident, because thou hast hope; and peace shall dawn to thee from out of anxiety and care. |
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| [19]For thou shalt be at ease, and there shall be no one to fight against thee; and many shall charge, and make supplication to thee. |
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| [20]But safety shall fail them; for their hope is destruction, and the eyes of the ungodly shall waste away. |
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