Zophar Asks, Can You Find the Depths of God?
Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,
2 “Shall a multitude of words go unanswered,
And a aman of lips be in the right?
3 Shall your boasts silence men?
And shall you amock and none rebuke?
4 aYou have said, ‘My learning is pure,
And bI am innocent in your eyes.’
5 But would that God might speak,
And open His lips against you,
6 And tell you the secrets of wisdom!
For sound wisdom ahas two sides.
Know then that God forgets a part of byour iniquity.
7 “aCan you find the depths of God?
Can you find the limits of the Almighty?
8 They are ahigh as the heavens, what can you do?
Deeper than bSheol, what can you know?
9 Its measure is longer than the earth
And broader than the sea.
10 If He sweeps by or shuts up,
Or calls an assembly, awho can turn Him around?
11 For aHe knows worthless men,
And He bsees wickedness, so will He not carefully consider it?
12 aYet an empty headed man will obtain a heart of wisdom,
And the foal of a bwild donkey is born a man.
13 “aIf you would bset your heart right
And cspread out your hand to Him,
14 If wickedness is in your hand, aput it far away,
And do not let unrighteousness dwell in your tents;
15 Then, indeed, you could alift up your face without moral defect,
And you would be steadfast and bnot fear.
16 For you would aforget your trouble,
As bwaters that pass by, so you would remember it.
17 And your lifetime would aarise brighter than noonday;
Darkness would be like the morning.
18 Then you would trust, because there is hope;
And you would search around and rest securely.
19 You would alie down and none would make you tremble,
And many would bentreat your favor.
20 But the aeyes of the wicked will come to an end,
And escape will bperish from them;
And their chope is dthe expiring of their soul.”