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11:1  Then, Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:
11:2  “Should so many words go unanswered? Is a man justified by his lips?
11:3  Will your idle talk silence men and will no one rebuke you when you mock?
11:4  For you have said, ‘My teaching is flawless’ and ‘I am pure in Your eyes!’
11:5  But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,
11:6  and show you the secrets of wisdom— for sound wisdom has two sides. Know that God has forgotten some of your iniquity.
11:7  “Can you discover the mysteries of God? Can you find the limits of Shaddai?
11:8  They are higher than the heavens —what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol —what can you know?
11:9  Its measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.
11:10  “If He comes by and imprisons, or convenes a court, who can prevent Him?
11:11  For He knows deceitful men; when He sees wickedness, does he not consider it?
11:12  But a witless man will gain understanding when a wild donkey’s colt is born a human being?
11:13  “If you devote your heart to Him and spread out your hands to Him,
11:14  if you put away the wickedness that is in your hand, and allow no iniquity to abide in your tent,
11:15  then you will lift up your face without reproach; you will stand firm and without fear.
11:16  You will forget your trouble; you will remember it like water that has flowed away.
11:17  Life will be brighter than noonday; darkness like the morning.
11:18  You will be confident, because there is hope; you will look about you and lie down in safety.
11:19  You will lie down with no one to make you afraid, many will seek your favor.
11:20  But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; their only hope is their dying breath.”