My days have passed, my plans are shattered, even the desires of my heart.

He is wise in heart and mighty in strength – who has resisted him and remained safe?

“But these things you have concealed in your heart; I know that this is with you:

Accept instruction from his mouth and store up his words in your heart.

I will maintain my righteousness and never let it go; my conscience will not reproach me for as long as I live.

Men of understanding say to me – any wise man listening to me says –

“Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wickedness, from the Almighty to do evil.

I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?

When the days of their feasting were finished, Job would send for them and sanctify them; he would get up early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s customary practice.