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