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1Zophar from Naamath had this to say:

1Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

2"Shouldn't a multitude of words be answered, or a person who talks too much be vindicated?

2"Are all these words to go unanswered? Is this talker to be vindicated?

3Will your irrational babble silence people, and when you mock them, will you escape without being shamed?

3Will your idle talk reduce others to silence? Will no one rebuke you when you mock?

4You've said, 'My teaching is flawless; I'm clean in God's sight.'

4You say to God, 'My beliefs are flawless and I am pure in your sight.'

5"But what if God were to speak? What if he were to talk with you,

5Oh, how I wish that God would speak, that he would open his lips against you

6and disclose his wise secrets? After all, there's so much more to understanding. So be aware that God will exact from you less than your sin deserves."

6and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.

7"Can you search through God's complex things? Can you uncover the limits of the Almighty?

7"Can you fathom the mysteries of God? Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?

8These things are higher than the heavens, so what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol, so what can you know?

8They are higher than the heavens above--what can you do? They are deeper than the depths below--what can you know?

9They are longer than the earth's circumference, and broader than the ocean.

9Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.

10"If he bypasses, or imprisons, or convenes a court, who can stop him?

10"If he comes along and confines you in prison and convenes a court, who can oppose him?

11For he knows mankind's deceitfulness; when he sees iniquity, won't he himself consider it?

11Surely he recognizes deceivers; and when he sees evil, does he not take note?

12An empty-headed person will gain understanding when a wild donkey is born a human being!"

12But the witless can no more become wise than a wild donkey's colt can be born human.

13"Now for you, if you will prepare your heart, spread out your hands to him.

13"Yet if you devote your heart to him and stretch out your hands to him,

14If you have any iniquity, throw it far away. Don't let evil live in your residence.

14if you put away the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil to dwell in your tent,

15Then your confidence will be flawless, and your security will keep you from terror.

15then, free of fault, you will lift up your face; you will stand firm and without fear.

16You'll forget your suffering; you'll remember it like water that has evaporated.

16You will surely forget your trouble, recalling it only as waters gone by.

17Your life will be brighter than noonday. Even its darkness will be like dawn.

17Life will be brighter than noonday, and darkness will become like morning.

18You'll be secure, because there is hope; you'll see that you're at rest and safe.

18You will be secure, because there is hope; you will look about you and take your rest in safety.

19When you sleep, there'll be nothing to fear; and many will court your favor.

19You will lie down, with no one to make you afraid, and many will court your favor.

20But what the wicked look for will fail; their way of escape will be taken away from them; their only hope is to take their final breath."

20But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; their hope will become a dying gasp."

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