And Zophar, the Naamathite, answered and said,
Shall not the multitude of words be answered?{HR}And shall a man of lips be justified?
Thy babbling puts men to silence:{HR}And thou mockest, and no one saith, Shame!
And thou art to say, My doctrine [is] pure,{HR}And I am clean in thine eyes!
But O that God would indeed speak,{HR}And open his lips against thee,
And make known to thee the secrets of wisdom;{HR}That they are doubled by inspection,{HR}And God remitteth to thee of thine iniquity.
Canst thou, searching, find out God?{HR}Canst thou the Almighty find out to perfection?
Heights of heaven, what canst thou do?{HR}Deeper than hell, what canst thou know?
Longer than the earth [is] its measure,{HR}And broader than the sea.
If he pass by, and arrest,{HR}And gather together, who can hinder him?
For he knoweth men of vanity,{HR}And seeth wickedness without considering [it].
But empty man would be wise,{HR}Yet is man born a wild ass’s colt.
If thou direct thy heart,{HR}And spread out thy hands to him;
If iniquity [be] in thy hand, put it far away,{HR}And let not evil dwell in thy tents;
For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot,{HR}And shalt be steadfast without fearing.
For thou shalt forget trouble,{HR}Shalt remember [it] as waters passed away;
And the future shall arise brighter than noonday;{HR}Thou shalt soar — shalt be as the morning.
And thou shalt trust, because there is hope,{HR}And thou shalt search, thou shalt rest securely,
And thou shalt lie down, and none shall cause trembling,{HR}And many shall caress thy face.
But the eyes of the wicked waste,{HR}And refuge vanisheth away from them,{HR}And their hope [is] a breathing out of the soul.