Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?

For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

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.

It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?

If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?

For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.

If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:

And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.