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1 - And Zophar the Naamathite answereth and saith: --

2 - Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?

3 - Thy devices make men keep silent, Thou scornest, and none is causing blushing!

4 - And thou sayest, `Pure <FI>is<Fi> my discourse, And clean I have been in Thine eyes.'

5 - And yet, O that God had spoken! And doth open His lips with thee.

6 - And declare to thee secrets of wisdom, For counsel hath foldings. And know thou that God forgetteth for thee, <FI>Some<Fi> of thine iniquity.

7 - By searching dost thou find out God? Unto perfection find out the Mighty One?

8 - Heights of the heavens! --what dost thou? Deeper than Sheol! --what knowest thou?

9 - Longer than earth <FI>is<Fi> its measure, And broader than the sea.

10 - If He pass on, and shut up, and assemble, Who then dost reverse it?

11 - For he hath known men of vanity, And He seeth iniquity, And one doth not consider <FI>it<Fi> !

12 - And empty man is bold, And the colt of a wild ass man is born.

13 - If thou--thou hast prepared thy heart, And hast spread out unto Him thy hands,

14 - If iniquity <FI>is<Fi> in thy hand, put it far off, And let not perverseness dwell in thy tents.

15 - For then thou liftest up thy face from blemish, And thou hast been firm, and fearest not.

16 - For thou dost forget misery, As waters passed away thou rememberest.

17 - And above the noon doth age rise, Thou fliest--as the morning thou art.

18 - And thou hast trusted because their is hope, And searched--in confidence thou liest down,

19 - And thou hast rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have entreated thy face;

20 - And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge hath perished from them, And their hope <FI>is<Fi> a breathing out of soul!