1. Then Zophar the Naamathite spoke up and said:
2. “Should not this abundance of words be answered,or should this talkative man be vindicated?
3. Will your idle talk reduce people to silence,and will no one rebuke you when you mock?
4. For you have said, ‘My teaching is flawless,and I am pure in your sight.’
5. But if only God would speak,if only he would open his lips against you,
6. and reveal to you the secrets of wisdom – for true wisdom has two sides – so that you would know that God has forgiven some of your sins.