Would it turn out well if he examined you? Could you deceive him as you might deceive a mortal?
To him belong strength and insight; both deceived and deceiver are his.
But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last and is no more.
Surely mockers surround me; my eyes must dwell on their hostility.
Oh, that Job might be tested to the utmost for answering like a wicked man!
Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.
would not God have discovered it, since he knows the secrets of the heart?
Now stop your mocking, or your chains will become heavier; the Lord, the Lord Almighty, has told me of the destruction decreed against the whole land.
“I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to reward each person according to their conduct, according to what their deeds deserve.”