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11:1  Then Zophar the Naamathite answered:
11:2  “Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?
11:3  Should your empty talk make men hold their peace? And when you mock, will no one shame you?
11:4  For you have said, ‘My teaching is pure, And I am clean in your eyes.’
11:5  But oh, that God would speak and open His lips against you,
11:6  and that He would show you the secrets of wisdom! For they would double your prudence. And know that God overlooks some of your iniquity.
11:7  “Can you search out the deep things of God? Can you find out the totality of the Almighty?
11:8  It is as high as heaven; what can you do? Deeper than Sheol; what can you know?
11:9  Its measure is longer than the earth and broader than the sea.
11:10  “If He passes through, and shuts up, and gathers together for judgment, then who can hinder Him?
11:11  For He knows worthless men; He sees wickedness also; will He not then consider it?
11:12  For an empty-headed man will become wise, when a wild donkey’s colt is born a man.
11:13  “If you prepare your heart and stretch out your hands toward Him;
11:14  if iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, and do not let wickedness dwell in your tents;
11:15  for then you will lift up your face without blemish; yes, you will be steadfast and will not fear,
11:16  because you will forget misery, and remember it as waters that pass away,
11:17  and your life will be brighter than noonday, even your darkness will be as the morning.
11:18  You will trust because there is hope; yes, you will search about you, and you will look around and rest in safety.
11:19  Also you will lie down, and none will make you afraid; yes, many will court your favor.
11:20  But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and they will not escape, and their hope will be as the giving up of breath.”