Job
Job, Chapter 11
And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,
Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?
Should your lies make men silent? And will you mock and no one make [you] ashamed?
For you have said, My doctrine [is] pure, and I am clean in Your eyes.
But who will grant that God would speak, and open His lips against you,
and would tell you the secrets of His wisdom, that sound wisdom [is] manifold? Know therefore that God forgets for you [some] of your iniquity.
Can you by searching find out God? Can you perfectly find out the Almighty?
Heights of the heavens! What can you do? [It is] deeper than hell, what can you know?
The measure of it [is] longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
If He passes through and shuts up, or gathers together, then who can turn Him back?
For He knows vain men; and when He sees wickedness, will He not search [it]?
For foolish man would be wise, and man is born a wild ass's colt.
If you prepare your heart and stretch out your hands toward Him;
if iniquity [is] in your hand, put it far away, and do not let wickedness dwell in your tents;
surely then you shall lift up your face without spot; yea, you shall be steadfast and shall not fear;
for you shall forget [your] misery, and you shall remember [it] as waters that pass away.
And [your] lifetime shall be clearer than the noonday; though [there be] darkness, you shall be as the morning.
And you shall be safe, because there is hope; yea, you shall look around [you], and you shall take your rest in safety.
You shall lie down, and none [shall] make you afraid. Yea, many shall seek your favor.
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall have no escape, and their hope [shall be like] the giving up of the spirit.