## Zophar Asks, Can You Find the Depths of God? 

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Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said, 

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"Shall a multitude of words go unanswered, And a man of lips be in the right? 

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Shall your boasts silence men? And shall you mock and none rebuke? 

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You have said, 'My learning is pure, And I am innocent in your eyes.' 

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But would that God might speak, And open His lips against you, 

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And tell you the secrets of wisdom! For sound wisdom has two sides. Know then that God forgets a part of your iniquity. 

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"Can you find the depths of God? Can you find the limits of the Almighty? 

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_They are_ high as the heavens, what can you do? Deeper than Sheol, what can you know? 

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Its measure is longer than the earth And broader than the sea. 

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If He sweeps by or shuts up, Or calls an assembly, who can turn Him around? 

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For He knows worthless men, And He sees wickedness, so will He not carefully consider _it_? 

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Yet an empty _headed_ man will obtain a heart _of wisdom_, And the foal of a wild donkey is born a man. 

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"If you would set your heart right And spread out your hand to Him, 

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If wickedness is in your hand, put it far away, And do not let unrighteousness dwell in your tents; 

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Then, indeed, you could lift up your face without _moral_ defect, And you would be steadfast and not fear. 

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For you would forget _your_ trouble, As waters that pass by, so you would remember _it_. 

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And your lifetime would arise _brighter_ than noonday; Darkness would be like the morning. 

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Then you would trust, because there is hope; And you would search around and rest securely. 

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You would lie down and none would make _you_ tremble, And many would entreat your favor. 

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But the eyes of the wicked will come to an end, And escape will perish from them; And their hope is the expiring of their soul."