11 Then answered Tzophar the Na’amati, and said,

² Should not the multitude of dvarim be answered? And should an ish full of talk yitzdak (be justified)?

³ Should thy vain talk silence men, so that thou mockest, v’ein machlim (without anyone putting thee to shame)?

⁴ For thou hast said, My lekach (doctrine, teaching, belief) is pure, and I am clean in Thine eyes.

⁵ But oh that Eloah would speak, and open His lips against thee,

⁶ And that He would show thee the secrets of chochmah, that tushiyyah (true wisdom) has two sides! Have da’as therefore that Eloah forgetteth much of thy avon.

⁷ Canst thou search out the cheker Eloah (depths of G-d)? Canst thou probe to the tachlis Shaddai (the end, completeness of Almighty)?

⁸ It is like the heights of Shomayim; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; of what canst thou have da’as?

⁹ The measure thereof is longer than ha’aretz, and broader than the yam (sea).

¹⁰ When Eloah passes by and arrests and convenes for judgment, who then can constrain Him?

¹¹ For He has da’as of deceitful men; He seeth wickedness also; will He not then take note of it?

¹² But before a witless ish can become wise, a colt of a pereh (wild donkey) would be born an adam!

¹³ If thou direct thine lev, and stretch out thine hands to Him,

¹⁴ If iniquity be in thine yad, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy ohalim.

¹⁵ For then shalt thou lift up thy face without mum; yea, thou shalt be firm, and shalt not fear,

¹⁶ Because thou shalt forget thy amal (grief), and remember it as waters that flow by,

¹⁷ And thine cheled (duration of life) shall be brighter than the tzohorayim (noonday); thou shalt shine forth; thou shalt be as the boker.

¹⁸ And thou shalt be secure, because now there is tikveh; yea, thou shalt search, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

¹⁹ Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, rabbim (many) shall court thy favor.

²⁰ But the eyes of the resha’im faileth, and they shall not escape, and their tikveh shall be as the last gasp of the nefesh.