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

  • 1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,
  • 2 “Shall a multitude of words go unanswered, And a man of lips be in the right?
  • 3 “Shall your boasts silence men? And shall you mock and none rebuke?
  • 4 “You have said, ‘My learning is pure, And I 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 has two sides. Know then that God forgets a part of your iniquity.
  • 7 “Can you find the depths of God? Can you find the limits of the Almighty?
  • 8 “They are high as the heavens, what can you do? Deeper than Sheol, 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, who can turn Him around?
  • 11 “For He knows worthless men, And He sees wickedness, so will He not carefully consider it?
  • 12 “Yet an empty headed man will obtain a heart of wisdom, And the foal of a wild donkey is born a man.
  • 13 “If you would set your heart right And spread out your hand to Him,
  • 14 If wickedness is in your hand, put it far away, And do not let unrighteousness dwell in your tents;
  • 15 Then, indeed, you could lift up your face without moral defect, And you would be steadfast and not fear.
  • 16 “For you would forget your trouble, As waters that pass by, so you would remember it.
  • 17 “And your lifetime would arise 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 lie down and none would make you tremble, And many would entreat your favor.
  • 20 “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.”