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- Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said:
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- Should not the multitude of words be answered?
And should a man full of talk be accounted right?
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- Thy boastings have made men hold their peace, and thou hast mocked, with none to make thee ashamed;
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- And thou hast said: "My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in Thine eyes."
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- But oh that God would speak, and open His lips against thee;
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- And that He would tell thee the secrets of wisdom, that sound wisdom is manifold!
Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
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- Canst thou find out the deep things of God?
Canst thou attain unto the purpose of the Almighty?
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- It is high as heaven;
what canst thou do?
Deeper than the nether-world;
what canst thou know?
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- The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
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- If He pass by, and shut up, or gather in, then who can hinder Him?
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- For He knoweth base men;
and when He seeth iniquity, will He not then consider it?
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- But an empty man will get understanding, when a wild ass"s colt is born a man.
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- If thou set thy heart aright, and stretch out thy hands toward Him -
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- If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, and let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents -
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- Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot;
yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear;
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- For thou shalt forget thy misery;
thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away;
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- And thy life shall be clearer than the noonday;
though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.
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- And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope;
yea, thou shalt look about thee, and shalt take thy rest in safety.
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- Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid;
yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
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- But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall have no way to flee, and their hope shall be the drooping of the soul.
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