Even to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
A land of thick darkness, as darkness itself;

A land of the shadow of death, without any order;
And where the light is as darkness.

ZOPHAR

Should not the multitude of words be answered?
And should a man full of talk be justified?
Should thy boastings make men hold their peace?
And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee

ashamed?

For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure,

And I am clean in thine eyes.

But, oh! that God would speak,

And open his lips against thee;

And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom;

For sound wisdom is manifold.

Know therefore that God exacteth of thee

Less than thine iniquity deserveth.

Canst thou by searching find out God?

Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

It is high as heaven;

What canst thou do?

xi, 2-20.

Deeper than the Grave;

What canst thou know?

The measure thereof is longer than the earth,

And broader than the sea.

If he pass through, and shut up,

And call unto judgment, then who can hinder him?
For he knoweth vain men:

He seeth iniquity also, and him that considereth not.
But vain man is void of understanding,

Yea, man is born as a wild ass's colt.

If thou set thine heart aright,

And stretch out thine hands toward him ;

If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, And let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents; Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; Yea, thou shalt be steadfast, and shalt not fear :

For thou shalt forget thy misery;

Thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away:
And thy life shall be clearer than the noonday;

Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.
And thou shalt be secure,

Because there is hope;

Yea, thou shalt search about thee,

And shalt take thy rest in safety.

Also thou shalt lie down,

And none shall make thee afraid ;
Yea, many shall make suit unto thee.

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail,

And they shall have no way to flee,

And their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.

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No doubt but ye are the people,

And wisdom shall die with you.

But I have understanding as well as you;
I am not inferior to you:

Yea, who knoweth not such things as these?

I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbour,
A man that called upon God, and he answered him,
The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.

In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt

for misfortune,

It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.

The tents of robbers prosper,

And they that provoke God are secure,

That bring their god in their hand.48

xii, 2-xiv,

22.

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee;
And the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee;

Or, speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee;

And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee: Who knoweth not in all these that "the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?" 49

In whose hand is the soul of every living thing,

And the breath of all mankind.

"Doth not the ear try words,

"Even as the palate tasteth its meat?
"With aged men is wisdom,

99 50

"And in length of days understanding."

With him is wisdom and might:
He hath counsel and understanding.

Behold, he breaketh down,

And it cannot be built again;

He shutteth up a man,

And there can be no opening.

Behold, he withholdeth the waters,

And they dry up.

Again he sendeth them out,

And they overturn the earth.

With him is strength and sound wisdom
The deceived and the deceiver are his.

He leadeth counsellors away spoiled,
And judges maketh he fools.
He looseth the bond of kings,

;

And bindeth their loins with a girdle.
He leadeth priests away spoiled,
And overthroweth the mighty.

He removeth the speech of the trusty,

And taketh away the understanding of the elders.
He poureth contempt upon princes,

And looseth the belt of the strong.

He discovereth deep things out of darkness,
And bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

He increaseth the nations,

And destroyeth them;

He spreadeth the nations abroad,

And bringeth them in.

He taketh away the heart of the chiefs of the people of the earth,

And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where

there is no way.

They grope in the dark without light,

And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken

man.