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11:1  And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:
11:2  Should not many words be answered, or must the garrulous man necessarily be right?
11:3  Shall your babblings keep others silent, and shall you deride and no one give rebuke?
11:4  Shall you say: “My teaching is pure, and I am clean in your sight”?
11:5  But oh, that God would speak, and open his lips against you,
11:6  And tell you the secrets of wisdom, for good sense has two sides; So you might learn that God overlooks some of your sinfulness.
11:7  Can you find out the depths of God? or find out the perfection of the Almighty?
11:8  It is higher than the heavens; what can you do? It is deeper than Sheol; what can you know?
11:9  It is longer than the earth in measure, and broader than the sea.
11:10  If he should seize and imprison or call to judgment, who then could turn him back?
11:11  For he knows the worthless and sees iniquity; will he then ignore it?
11:12  An empty head will gain understanding, when a colt of a wild jackass is born human.
11:13  If you set your heart aright and stretch out your hands toward him,
11:14  If iniquity is in your hand, remove it, and do not let injustice dwell in your tent,
11:15  Surely then you may lift up your face in innocence; you may stand firm and unafraid.
11:16  For then you shall forget your misery, like water that has ebbed away you shall regard it.
11:17  Then your life shall be brighter than the noonday; its gloom shall become like the morning,
11:18  And you shall be secure, because there is hope; you shall look round you and lie down in safety;
11:19  you shall lie down and no one will disturb you. Many shall entreat your favor,
11:20  but the wicked, looking on, shall be consumed with envy. Escape shall be cut off from them, their only hope their last breath.