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Job must acknowledge God’s wisdom
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Zophar of Naamath spoke next. He said:
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Is babbling to go without an answer? Is wordiness in man a proof of right?
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Do you think your talking strikes men dumb, will you jeer with no one to refute you?
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These were your words, ‘My way of life is faultless, and all your eyes I am free from blame’.
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But if God had a mind to speak, to open his lips and give you answer,
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were he to show you the secrets of wisdom which put all cleverness to shame – you would know it is for sin he calls you to account.
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Can you claim to grasp the mystery of God, to understand the perfection of Shaddai?
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It is higher than the heavens: what can you do? It is deeper than Sheol: what can you know?
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Its length is longer than the earth, its breadth is broader than the sea.
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If he passes, who can stop him, or make him yield once he has seized?
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For he detects the worthlessness in man, he sees iniquity and marks it well.
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And so the idiot grows wise, thus a young wild donkey grows tame.
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Come, you must set your heart right, stretch out your hands to him.
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Renounce the iniquity that stains your hands, let no injustice live within your tents.
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Then you may face the world in innocence, unwavering and free from fear.
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You will forget your sufferings, remember them as waters that have passed away.
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Your life, more radiant than the noonday, will make a dawn of darkness.
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Full of hope, you will live secure, dwelling well and safely guarded.
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No one will dare disturb you, and many a man will seek your favour.
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But the wicked will look round with weary eyes, and finding no escape, the only hope they have is life’s last breath.
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