1. Then, Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:
2. “Should so many words go unanswered? Is a man justified by his lips?
3. Will your idle talk silence men and will no one rebuke you when you mock?
4. For you have said, ‘My teaching is flawless’ and ‘I am pure in Your eyes!’
5. But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,
6. and show you the secrets of wisdom— for sound wisdom has two sides. Know that God has forgotten some of your iniquity.
7. “Can you discover the mysteries of God? Can you find the limits of Shaddai?