Verse 13
If thou prepare thine heart - Make use of the powers which God has given thee, and be determined to seek him with all thy soul.
And stretch out thine hands toward him - Making fervent prayer and supplication, putting away iniquity out of thy hand, and not permitting wickedness to dwell in thy tabernacle; then thou shalt lift up thy face without a blush, thou wilt become established, and have nothing to fear, Job 11:14 , Job 11:15 .
There is a sentiment in Proverbs 16:1 , very similar to that in the Job 11:13 , which we translate very improperly: -
לב מערכי לאדם leadam maarchey leb .
To man are the preparations of the heart:
לשון מענה ומהוה umeyehovah maaneh lashon .
But from Jehovah is the answer to the tongue.
It is man's duty to pray; it is God's prerogative to answer. Zophar, like all the rest, is true to his principle. Job must be a wicked man, else he had not been afflicted. There must be some iniquity in his hand, and some wickedness tolerated in his family. So they all supposed.
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