1 A nd Zophar the Naamathite answereth and saith: --

2 I s a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?

3 T hy devices make men keep silent, Thou scornest, and none is causing blushing!

4 A nd thou sayest, `Pure my discourse, And clean I have been in Thine eyes.'

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

6 A nd declare to thee secrets of wisdom, For counsel hath foldings. And know thou that God forgetteth for thee, of thine iniquity.

7 B y searching dost thou find out God? Unto perfection find out the Mighty One?

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

9 L onger than earth its measure, And broader than the sea.

10 I f He pass on, and shut up, and assemble, Who then dost reverse it?

11 F or he hath known men of vanity, And He seeth iniquity, And one doth not consider!

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

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

14 I f iniquity in thy hand, put it far off, And let not perverseness dwell in thy tents.

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

16 F or thou dost forget misery, As waters passed away thou rememberest.

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

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

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

20 A nd the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge hath perished from them, And their hope a breathing out of soul!