1. Then Zophar the Naamathite answered:
2. “Should these words go unanswered?Is this talker in the right?
3. Your lies do not make people quiet;people should correct you when you make fun of God.
4. You say, ‘My teachings are right,and I am clean in God’s sight.’
5. I wish God would speakand open his lips against you
6. and tell you the secrets of wisdom,because wisdom has two sides.Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.
7. “Can you understand the secrets of God?Can you search the limits of the Almighty?
8. His limits are higher than the heavens; you cannot reach them!They are deeper than the grave; you cannot understand them!
9. His limits are longer than the earthand wider than the sea.