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11:1  Then answered Tzophar the Na’amati, and said,
11:2  Should not the multitude of dvarim be answered? And should an ish full of talk yitzdak (be justified)?
11:3  Should thy vain talk silence men, so that thou mockest, v’ein machlim (without anyone putting thee to shame)?
11:4  For thou hast said, My lekach (doctrine, teaching, belief) is pure, and I am clean in Thine eyes.
11:5  But oh that Eloah would speak, and open His lips against thee,
11:6  And that He would show thee the secrets of chochmah, that tushiyyah (true wisdom) has two sides! Have da’as therefore that Eloah forgetteth much of thy avon.
11:7  Canst thou search out the cheker Eloah (depths of G-d)? Canst thou probe to the tachlis Shaddai (the end, completeness of Almighty)?
11:8  It is like the heights of Shomayim; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; of what canst thou have da’as?
11:9  The measure thereof is longer than ha’aretz, and broader than the yam (sea).
11:10  When Eloah passes by and arrests and convenes for judgment, who then can constrain Him?
11:11  For He has da’as of deceitful men; He seeth wickedness also; will He not then take note of it?
11:12  But before a witless ish can become wise, a colt of a pereh (wild donkey) would be born an adam!
11:13  If thou direct thine lev, and stretch out thine hands to Him,
11:14  If iniquity be in thine yad, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy ohalim.
11:15  For then shalt thou lift up thy face without mum; yea, thou shalt be firm, and shalt not fear,
11:16  Because thou shalt forget thy amal (grief), and remember it as waters that flow by,
11:17  And thine cheled (duration of life) shall be brighter than the tzohorayim (noonday); thou shalt shine forth; thou shalt be as the boker.
11:18  And thou shalt be secure, because now there is tikveh; yea, thou shalt search, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
11:19  Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, rabbim (many) shall court thy favor.
11:20  But the eyes of the resha’im faileth, and they shall not escape, and their tikveh shall be as the last gasp of the nefesh.