1. Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,
2. "Shall a multitude of words go unanswered, And a talkative man be acquitted?
3. "Shall your boasts silence men? And shall you scoff and none rebuke?
4. "For you have said, 'My teaching is pure, And I am innocent in your eyes.'
5. "But would that God might speak, And open His lips against you,
6. And show you the secrets of wisdom! For sound wisdom has two sides. Know then that God forgets a part of your iniquity.
7. "Can you discover the depths of God? Can you discover the limits of the Almighty?