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.
7 “Can you discover the essence of God?Can you find out the perfection of the Almighty?