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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 ^(C1)man of lips be in the right?

³ "Shall your boasts silence men?
And shall you ^(C1)mock and none rebuke?

⁴ "^(C1)You have said, 'My learning is pure,
And ^(C2)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 ^(F1)(C1)has two sides.
Know then that God ^(F2)forgets a part of ^(C2)your iniquity.

⁷ "^(C1)Can you find the depths of God?
Can you find the limits of the Almighty?

⁸ "They are ^(C1)high as ^(F1)the heavens, what can you do?
Deeper than ^(C2)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, ^(C1)who can turn Him around?

¹¹ "For ^(C1)He knows worthless men,
And He ^(C2)sees wickedness, ^(F1)so will He not carefully consider it?

¹² "^(F1)(C1)Yet an empty headed man will obtain a heart of wisdom,
And the ^(F2)foal of a ^(C2)wild donkey is born a man.

¹³ "^(C1)If you would ^(C2)set your heart right
And ^(C3)spread out your hand to Him,

¹⁴ If wickedness is in your hand, ^(C1)put it far away,
And do not let unrighteousness dwell in your tents;

¹⁵ Then, indeed, you could ^(C1)lift up your face without moral defect,
And you would be steadfast and ^(C2)not fear.

¹⁶ "For you would ^(C1)forget your trouble,
As ^(C2)waters that pass by, so you would remember it.

¹⁷ "And your lifetime would ^(C1)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 ^(C1)lie down and none would make you tremble,
And many would ^(C2)entreat your ^(F1)favor.

²⁰ "But the ^(C1)eyes of the wicked will come to an end,
And escape will ^(C2)perish from them;
And their ^(C3)hope is ^(C4)the expiring of their soul."