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1 Then an­swered Zophar the Naa­math­ite, and said, 2 Should not the mul­ti­tude of words be an­swered? and should a man full of talk be jus­ti­fied? 3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mock­est, shall no man make thee ashamed? 4 For thou hast said, My doc­trine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes. 5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee; 6 And that he would shew thee the se­crets of wis­dom, that they are dou­ble to that which is! Know there­fore that God ex­acteth of thee less than thine in­iq­ui­ty deserveth. 7 Canst thou by search­ing find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto per­fec­tion? 8 It is as high as heav­en; what canst thou do? deep­er than hell; what canst thou know? 9 The mea­sure there­of is longer than the earth, and broad­er than the sea. 10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gath­er to­geth­er, then who can hin­der him? 11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wicked­ness al­so; will he not then con­sid­er it? 12 For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt. 13 If thou pre­pare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands to­ward him; 14 If in­iq­ui­ty be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wicked­ness dwell in thy taber­na­cles. 15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face with­out spot; yea, thou shalt be sted­fast, and shalt not fear: 16 Be­cause thou shalt for­get thy mis­ery, and re­mem­ber it as wa­ters that pass away: 17 And thine age shall be clear­er than the noon­day; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morn­ing. 18 And thou shalt be se­cure, be­cause there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safe­ty. 19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee. 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not es­cape, and their hope shall be as the giv­ing up of the ghost.