✧Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, ✧2Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified? ✧3Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? ✧4For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in thine eyes. ✧5But oh that God would speak, And open his lips against thee, ✧6And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. ✧7Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? ✧8It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know? ✧9The measure thereof is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea. ✧10If he pass through, and shut up, And call unto judgment, then who can hinder him? ✧11For he knoweth false men: He seeth iniquity also, even though he consider it not. ✧12But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born [as] a wild ass’s colt. ✧13If thou set thy heart aright, And stretch out thy hands toward him; ✧14If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, And let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents. ✧15Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; Yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear: ✧16For thou shalt forget thy misery; Thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away, ✧17And [thy] life shall be clearer than the noonday; Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning. ✧18And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; Yea, thou shalt search [about thee], and shalt take thy rest in safety. ✧19Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; Yea, many shall make suit unto thee. ✧20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, And they shall have no way to flee; And their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.