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11:1  Next Tzofar the Na‘amati spoke up:
11:2  “Shouldn’t this torrent of words be answered? Does talking a lot make a person right?
11:3  Is your babble supposed to put others to silence? When you mock, is no one to make you ashamed?
11:4  “You claim that your teaching is pure; you tell [God], ‘I am clean in your sight.’
11:5  I wish that God would speak, would open his mouth to answer you,
11:6  would tell you the secrets of wisdom, which is worth twice as much as common sense. Understand that God is demanding of you less than your guilt deserves.
11:7  “Can you penetrate God’s depths? Can you find out Shaddai’s limits?
11:8  They’re as high as heaven; what can you do? They’re deeper than Sh’ol; what can you know?
11:9  Their extent is longer than the earth and broader than the sea.
11:10  If he passes through, puts in prison and assembles [for judgment], who can prevent him?
11:11  For he knows when people are worthless; so if he sees iniquity, won’t he look into it?
11:12  “An empty man can gain understanding, even if he was born like a wild donkey.
11:13  If you will set your heart right, if you will spread out your hands toward him,
11:14  if you will put your iniquity at a distance and not let unrighteousness remain in your tents,
11:15  then when you lift up your face, there will be no defect; you will be firm and free from fear.
11:16  “For you will forget your misery; you’ll remember it like a flood that passed through long ago;
11:17  your life will be brighter than noon; even its darkness will be like morning.
11:18  You will be confident, because there is hope; you will look around you and lie down secure;
11:19  you will rest, and no one will make you afraid. Many will seek your favor;
11:20  but the eyes of the wicked will fail [to find comfort]. They will find no way to escape, and their hope will turn to complete disappointment.”