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11 : 1 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
11 : 2 Are all these words to go unanswered? Is this talker to be vindicated?
11 : 3 Will your idle talk reduce men to silence? Will no one rebuke you when you mock?
11 : 4 You say to God, `My beliefs are flawless and I am pure in your sight.`
11 : 5 Oh, how I wish that God would speak, that he would open his lips against you
11 : 6 and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.
11 : 7 Can you fathom the mysteries of God? Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
11 : 8 They are higher than the heavens--what can you do? They are deeper than the depths of the grave --what can you know?
11 : 9 Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.
11 : 10 If he comes along and confines you in prison and convenes a court, who can oppose him?
11 : 11 Surely he recognizes deceitful men; and when he sees evil, does he not take note?
11 : 12 But a witless man can no more become wise than a wild donkey`s colt can be born a man.
11 : 13 Yet if you devote your heart to him and stretch out your hands to him,
11 : 14 if you put away the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil to dwell in your tent,
11 : 15 then you will lift up your face without shame; you will stand firm and without fear.
11 : 16 You will surely forget your trouble, recalling it only as waters gone by.
11 : 17 Life will be brighter than noonday, and darkness will become like morning.
11 : 18 You will be secure, because there is hope; you will look about you and take your rest in safety.
11 : 19 You will lie down, with no one to make you afraid, and many will court your favor.
11 : 20 But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; their hope will become a dying gasp."