Job 11
1Then Zophar the Minaean answered and said, 1
2He that speaks much, should also hear on the other side: 1 Or does the fluent speaker think himself to be righteous? 1 Blessed is the short-lived offspring of woman. 1
3Be not a speaker of many words; 1 For is there none to answer thee? 1
4For say not, I am pure in my works, 1 And blameless before him. 1
5But oh that the Lord would speak to thee, 1 And open his lips with thee! 1
6Then shall he declare to thee the power of wisdom; 1 For it shall be double of that which is with thee: 1 And then shalt thou know, that a just recompense of thy sins has come to thee from the Lord. 1
7Wilt thou find out the traces of the Lord? 1 Or hast thou come to the end of that which the Almighty has made? 1
8Heaven is high; and what wilt thou do? 1 And there are deeper things than those in hell; what dost thou know? 1
9Or longer than the measure of the earth, 1 Or the breadth of the sea. 1
10And if he should overthrow all things, who will say to him, What hast thou done? 1
11For he knows the works of transgressors; 1 And when he sees wickedness, he will not overlook it. 1
12But man vainly buoys himself up with words; 1 And a mortal born of woman is like an ass of the desert. 1
13For if thou hast made thy heart pure, 1 And liftest up thine hands toward him; 1
14If there is any iniquity in thy hands, 1 Put it far from thee, 1 And let not unrighteousness lodge in thy habitation. 1
15For thus shall thy countenance shine again, as pure water; 1 And thou shalt divest thyself of uncleanness, and shalt not fear. 1
16And thou shalt forget trouble, 1 As a wave that has passed by; and thou shalt not be scared. 1
17And thy prayer shall be as the morning star, 1 And life shall arise to thee as from the noonday. 1
18And thou shalt be confident, because thou hast hope; 1 And peace shall dawn to thee from out of anxiety and care. 1
19For thou shalt be at ease, and there shall be no one to fight against thee; 1 And many shall charge, and make supplication to thee. 1
20But safety shall fail them; 1 For their hope is destruction, 1 And the eyes of the ungodly shall waste away.