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    I wish He would show you the secrets of great wisdom—
        for the two sides of sound wisdom are both found in His mercy and justice.
    Know this: God forgets some of your guilt.

    Can you see to the unseen side of God,
        or explore the limits of the Highest One’s[a] knowledge?
    Higher than the heavens—what can you do to reach it?
        Deeper than the realm of the dead—what can you know of it?

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Footnotes

  1. 11:7 Hebrew, Shaddai

and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom,(A)
    for true wisdom has two sides.
    Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.(B)

“Can you fathom(C) the mysteries of God?
    Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
They are higher(D) than the heavens(E) above—what can you do?
    They are deeper than the depths below(F)—what can you know?(G)

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