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respondens autem Sophar Naamathites dixit

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numquid qui multa loquitur non et audiet aut vir verbosusiustificabitur

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tibi soli tacebunt homines et cum ceteros inriseris a nulloconfutaberis

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dixisti enim purus est sermo meus et mundus sum inconspectu tuo

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atque utinam Deus loqueretur tecum et aperiret labia suatibi

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ut ostenderet tibi secreta sapientiae et quod multiplexesset lex eius et intellegeres quod multo minora exigaris a Deoquam meretur iniquitas tua

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forsitan vestigia Dei conprehendes et usque ad perfectumOmnipotentem repperies

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excelsior caelo est et quid facies profundior inferno etunde cognosces

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longior terrae mensura eius et latior mari

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si subverterit omnia vel in unum coartaverit quiscontradicet ei

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ipse enim novit hominum vanitatem et videns iniquitatemnonne considerat

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vir vanus in superbiam erigitur et tamquam pullum onagrise liberum natum putat

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tu autem firmasti cor tuum et expandisti ad eum manus tuas

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si iniquitatem quod est in manu tua abstuleris a te et nonmanserit in tabernaculo tuo iniustitia

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tum levare poteris faciem tuam absque macula et erisstabilis et non timebis

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miseriae quoque oblivisceris et quasi aquarum quaepraeterierint recordaberis

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et quasi meridianus fulgor consurget tibi ad vesperam etcum te consumptum putaveris orieris ut lucifer

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et habebis fiduciam proposita tibi spe et defossus securusdormies

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requiesces et non erit qui te exterreat et deprecabunturfaciem tuam plurimi

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oculi autem impiorum deficient et effugium peribit ab eiset spes eorum abominatio animae

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Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

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Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?

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Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

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For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

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But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;

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And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.

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Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

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It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?

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The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

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If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?

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For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?

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For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.

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If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;

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If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

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For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:

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Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:

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And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.

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And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

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Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.

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But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

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