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