Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 11:13

13. If thou prepare thine heart , and stretch out thine hands towards him ;

O Iob, thy business is not to quarrel with thy Maker, or his Works, but to address thy self to him.

To wit, to seek God, as it is expressed, 2 Chron. 19. 3. & 30. 19. Psalm 78. 8. If thou prepare thy heart, by sincere repentance for all thy hard speeches of God, and fins against him, and with a pure and upright heart seek unto him; without which thy prayers will be in vain. Or, If thou directest or rectifiest thine heart, turning thy bold contentions with God into humble and sincere supplications to him.

i. e. Pray, which is here described by its usual gesture, as Chap. 15. 25. Psalm 88. 9.

i. e. To God, as appears both from the nature of the thing, and from the Context.

Marginal references: Ch. 5. 8. & 22. 21.