[1] And Zophar the Naamathite answers and says: [2] “Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified? [3] Your boastings make men keep silent, || You scorn, and none is causing blushing! [4] And you say, My discourse [is] pure, || And I have been clean in Your eyes. [5] And yet, O that God had spoken! And opens His lips with you. [6] And declares to you secrets of wisdom, for counsel has foldings. And know that God forgets of your iniquity for you. [7] Do you find out God by searching? To perfection find out the Mighty One? [8] Heights of the heavens—what [can] you do? Deeper than Sheol—what [can] you know? [9] Its measure [is] longer than earth, and broader than the sea. [10] If He passes on, and shuts up, and assembles, || Who then reverses it? [11] For He has known men of vanity, || And He sees iniquity, || And one does not consider [it]! [12] And empty man is bold, || And man is born [as] the colt of a wild donkey. [13] If you have prepared your heart, || And have spread out your hands to Him, [14] If iniquity [is] in your hand, put it far off, || And do not let perverseness dwell in your tents. [15] For then you lift up your face from blemish, || And you have been firm, and do not fear. [16] For you forget misery, || As waters passed away you remember. [17] And age rises above the noon, || You fly—you are as the morning. [18] And you have trusted because there is hope, || And searched—in confidence you lie down, [19] And you have rested, || And none is causing trembling, || And many have begged [at] your face; [20] And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, || And refuge has perished from them, || And their hope [is] a breathing out of soul!”
