JobChapter 11

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¹Then Zophar from Naamah answered: ²"Should all these words go without an answer?
Should a man who talks so much be proved right? ³Should your empty talk make others be quiet?
Will you make fun of others and not be corrected? ⁴You have said, 'What I believe is right.
I am pure in your sight.' ⁵But I wish God would speak.
I wish he would open his lips against you. ⁶I wish he would show you the secrets of wisdom.
For true wisdom has two sides.
Know this: God is asking less of you than your sin deserves. ⁷Can you understand the deep things of God?
Can you find the limits of the Almighty? ⁸They are higher than the heavens. What can you do?
They are deeper than the grave. What can you know?a ⁹They reach farther than the earth.
They are wider than the sea. ¹⁰If God comes by and locks you up,
or if he calls a court together, who can stop him? ¹¹He surely knows when people lie.
When he sees sin, doesn't he take note of it? ¹²But a foolish man can't become wise,
any more than a wild donkey's colt can be born a man! ¹³As for you, if you set your heart on God
and lift up your hands to him, ¹⁴if you put away the sin that is in your hand,
and let nothing wrong live in your tents, ¹⁵Then you will lift up your face with no shame.
You will stand strong and not be afraid. ¹⁶For you will forget your misery.
You will remember it only like water that has flowed away. ¹⁷Your life will be brighter than the noon sun.
Its darkness will be like the morning. ¹⁸You will feel safe, because there is hope.
You will look around and lie down in safety. ¹⁹You will lie down, and no one will make you afraid.
Many people will try to win your favor. ²⁰But the eyes of the wicked will fail.
They will find no way to escape.
Their only hope will be to breathe their last."