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43 lines
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# Chapter 11
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1 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
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2 Should this abundance of words go unanswered
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and such a talker be acquitted?
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3 Should your babbling put others to silence,
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so that you can keep on ridiculing
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with no one to humiliate you?
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4 You have said, “My teaching is sound,
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and I am pure in your sight.”
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5 But if only God would speak
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and open his lips against you!
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6 He would show you the secrets of wisdom,
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for true wisdom has two sides.
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Know then that God has chosen to overlook some of your iniquity.
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7 Can you fathom the depths of God
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or discover the limits of the Almighty?
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8 They are higher than the heavens—what can you do?
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They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
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9 Their measure is longer than the earth
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and wider than the sea.
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10 If he passes by and throws someone in prison
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or convenes a court, who can stop him?
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11 Surely he knows which people are worthless.
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If he sees iniquity, will he not take note of it?
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12 But a stupid person will gain understanding
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as soon as a wild donkey is born a human!
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13 As for you, if you redirect your heart
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and spread out your hands to him in prayer—
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14 if there is iniquity in your hand, remove it,
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and don’t allow injustice to dwell in your tents—
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15 then you will hold your head high, free from fault.
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You will be firmly established and unafraid.
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16 For you will forget your suffering,
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recalling it only as water that has flowed by.
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17 Your life will be brighter than noonday;
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its darkness will be like the morning.
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18 You will be confident, because there is hope.
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You will look carefully about and lie down in safety.
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19 You will lie down with no one to frighten you,
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and many will seek your favor.
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20 But the sight of the wicked will fail.
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Their way of escape will be cut off,
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and their only hope is their last breath. |