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11:1  Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered and said,
11:2  Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?
11:3  Should thy lies make men be silent? Shalt thou mock, and shall no man make thee ashamed?
11:4  For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean before thine eyes.
11:5  But oh, that God would speak and open his lips against thee
11:6  and that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom! For thou dost deserve double according to sound wisdom; and thou dost know that God has forgotten thee because of thine iniquity.
11:7  Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou come unto the perfection of the Almighty?
11:8  It is higher than the heavens; what canst thou do? It is deeper than Sheol; how canst thou know it?
11:9  The measure of it is longer than the earth and broader than the sea.
11:10  If he cuts off, or shuts up, or gathers together, then who can hinder him?
11:11  For he knows the vain men; and he sees the iniquity; will he not then understand it?
11:12  The vain man shall make himself understood, though man is born like a wild ass’s colt.
11:13  If thou would prepare thine heart and stretch out thine hands toward him;
11:14  if there is any iniquity in thy hand and thou dost put it far away and dost not consent that wickedness dwell in thy habitations,
11:15  then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; thou shalt be strongly established and shalt not fear;
11:16  and thou shalt forget thy misery and remember it as waters that passed away;
11:17  and thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
11:18  And thou shalt trust because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig and sleep in safety;
11:19  thou shalt lie down, and no one shall make thee afraid; and many shall make requests unto thee.
11:20  But the eyes of the wicked shall consume themselves, and they shall have no refuge, and their hope shall be agony of the soul.