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    Ah, but I wish God would speak,
        that He would address you openly, so I will argue for Him.
    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?

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Footnotes

  1. 11:7 Hebrew, Shaddai

Oh, how I wish that God would speak,(A)
    that he would open his lips against you
and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom,(B)
    for true wisdom has two sides.
    Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.(C)

“Can you fathom(D) the mysteries of God?
    Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?

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