And when the feast days had run their course, Job would send and sanctify them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all, for Job said, “It may be that my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This is what Job always did.

He is wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has resisted him and succeeded?

Yet these things you hid in your heart; I know that this was your purpose.

“If you direct your heart rightly, you will stretch out your hands toward him.

Why does your heart carry you away, and why do your eyes flash,

My days are past; my plans are broken off, the desires of my heart.

whom I shall see on my side, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me!

Receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.

God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.

I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go; my heart will not reproach me as long as I live.

The blessing of the wretched came upon me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

if my step has turned aside from the way, and my heart has followed my eyes, and if any spot has clung to my hands,

“If my heart has been enticed by a woman and I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door,

and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand,

My words declare the uprightness of my heart, and what my lips know they speak sincerely.

“The godless in heart cherish anger; they do not cry for help when he binds them.

“At this also my heart trembles and leaps out of its place.

Its heart is as hard as stone, as hard as the lower millstone.