18:010:012 Thou hast granted me life and favour, and
thy visitation hath
preserved
my spirit.
18:010:013 And these things hast thou hid in thine
heart: I know that
this
is with thee.
18:010:014 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou
wilt not acquit me
from
mine iniquity.
18:010:015 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be
righteous, yet will I
not
lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore
see
thou
mine affliction;
18:010:016 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me
as a fierce lion: and again
thou
shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
18:010:017 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me,
and increasest thine
indignation
upon me; changes and war are against me.
18:010:018 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth
out of the womb? Oh
that
I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
18:010:019 I should have been as though I had not
been; I should have
been
carried from the womb to the grave.
18:010:020 Are not my days few? cease then, and let
me alone, that I may
take
comfort a little,
18:010:021 Before I go whence I shall not return,
even to the land of
darkness
and the shadow of death;
18:010:022 A land of darkness, as darkness itself;
and of the shadow of
death,
without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
18:011:001 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
18:011:002 Should not the multitude of words be answered?
and should a
man
full of talk be justified?
18:011:003 Should thy lies make men hold their peace?
and when thou
mockest,
shall no man make thee ashamed?
18:011:004 For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure,
and I am clean in
thine
eyes.
18:011:005 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
18:011:006 And that he would shew thee the secrets
of wisdom, that they
are
double to that which is! Know therefore that God
exacteth
of
thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
18:011:007 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst
thou find out the
Almighty
unto perfection?
18:011:008 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou
do? deeper than hell;
what
canst thou know?
18:011:009 The measure thereof is longer than the
earth, and broader than
the
sea.
18:011:010 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together,
then who can
hinder
him?
18:011:011 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth
wickedness also; will he not
then
consider it?
18:011:012 For vain men would be wise, though man
be born like a wild
ass’s
colt.


