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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 G-d 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 G-d exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth

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Canst thou find out the deep things of G-d? 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