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² "Should an abundance of words go unanswered,
or a man full of talk^[b] be vindicated?^[c]
3 Should your loose talk put people to silence?
And when you mock, shall no one put you to shame?^[d]
4 For you say, ‘My teaching is pure,
and I am clean in your sight.'
⁵ But,^[e] O that^[f] God might speak,
and that he would open his lips to you,
⁶ and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom,
for insight has many sides.^[g]
And know that God on your behalf^[h] has forgotten some of^[i] your guilt.
⁷ "Can you find out the essence of God,
or can you find out the ultimate limits^[j] of Shaddai?
⁸ It is higher than the heaven;^[k] what can you do?
It is deeper than Sheol; what can you know?
⁹ Its measure is longer than the earth
and broader than the sea.
¹⁰ "If he passes through and imprisons someone^[l]
and summons the assembly,^[m] then^[n] who can hinder him?
¹¹ For he knows those who are worthless;^[o]
when he sees^[p] iniquity, he will not consider it.^[q]
12 But^[r] an empty-headed person^[s] will get understanding
when^[t] a wild donkey's colt is born as a human being.
¹³ "If you yourself^[u] direct your heart
and stretch out your hands to him—
¹⁴ if iniquity^[v] is in your hand, put it far away,
and you must not let wickedness reside in your tents—
¹⁵ surely then you will lift up your face without^[w] blemish,
and you will be firmly established and will not fear.^[x]
16 For you yourself^[y] will forget your misery;
you will remember it as water that has flowed past.
¹⁷ "And your life will be brighter than noon;^[z]
its darkness will be like the morning.
¹⁸ And you will have confidence because there is hope;
and you will be well protected—you will sleep in safety.^[aa]
19 And you will lie down, and no one will make you afraid;^[ab]
and many will entreat your favor.^[ac]
20 But^[ad] the eyes of the wicked will fail;
and refuge will be lost to them,
and their hope is to breathe their last breath."^[ae]