John Trapp on Job 38:36

Verſe 36. Who hath put wiſdome in the inward parts?] Hitherto God hath ſet forth his own admirable Power, Wiſdome and providence in making and governing the life-leſs creatures the Meteors eſpecially. Now he comes to declare the ſame in things endued with life; and firſt with man his Maſter-piece: who hath given him wiſdom (ſaith God) in the inward parts, or reines? where the reaſonable ſoul ſitteth and ſoveraigneth. The Hebrewes ſay, That the heart underſtandeth, and the raines deliberate. They haue their name here from plaiſtering over, or covering; becauſe they are over-covered with fat and fleſh; howbeit the Lord tryeth them, Jer. 17.10. and hath given wiſdome to man to moderate his affections and concupiſcences which are here ſeated, and to get truth into theſe inward parts, Pſalm 51.6. that this hidden man of the heart may be highly accepted in heaven, 1 Pet. 3.4.

Or who hath given underſtanding to the heart?] To the Cock, ſaith the Vulgar Latine, after the Talmudiſts and Jew-Doctors, who teach their Diſciples whenſoever they hear the Cock crow by night, to ſay this Benediction, The Lord be praiſed, who giveth underſtanding to the Cock; ſcil. to awaken men, and to announce day. The Septuagint render it, Who hath given to women skill to weave, and art to embroyder? But they do beſt that take the word (though found only in this place) for the Heart, Mens quaſi imaginatrix & figuratrix dicta quod omnia pervide[illegible: 1 letter]t & cognoſcat. as that wherein are painted and imprinted the imaginations and repreſentations of things, as the word ſeemeth to import.