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70 lines
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Zophar Speaks
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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.
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