So it was, when the days of feasting had run their course, that 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 sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” Thus Job did regularly.

“What is man, that You should exalt him, That You should set Your heart on him,

Will they not teach you and tell you, And utter words from their heart?

God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered?

‘And these things You have hidden in Your heart; I know that this was with You:

“If you would prepare your heart, And stretch out your hands toward Him;

Why does your heart carry you away, And what do your eyes wink at,

His archers surround me. He pierces my heart and does not pity; He pours out my gall on the ground.

For You have hidden their heart from understanding; Therefore You will not exalt them.

My days are past, My purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.

Whom I shall see for myself, And my eyes shall behold, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!

“Because he knows no quietness in his heart, He will not save anything he desires.

Receive, please, instruction from His mouth, And lay up His words in your heart.

For God made my heart weak, And the Almighty terrifies me;

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

The blessing of a perishing man came upon me, And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

My heart is in turmoil and cannot rest; Days of affliction confront me.

If my step has turned from the way, Or my heart walked after my eyes, Or if any spot adheres to my hands,

“If my heart has been enticed by a woman, Or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,

If his heart has not blessed me, And if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

So that my heart has been secretly enticed, And my mouth has kissed my hand;

My words come from my upright heart; My lips utter pure knowledge.

If He should set His heart on it, If He should gather to Himself His Spirit and His breath,

“But the hypocrites in heart store up wrath; They do not cry for help when He binds them.

God’s Works and Wisdom

“At this also my heart trembles, And leaps from its place.

Therefore men fear Him; He shows no partiality to any who are wise of heart.”

Who has put wisdom in the mind? Or who has given understanding to the heart?

His heart is as hard as stone, Even as hard as the lower millstone.