Lexicon :: Strong's H974 - bāḥan

“And that You examine him every morning

And try and test him every moment?

“Does the ear not put words to the test,

Just as the palate tastes its food [distinguishing between the desirable and the undesirable]?

“But He knows the way that I take [and He pays attention to it].

When He has tried me, I will come forth as [refined] gold [pure and luminous].

“For the ear puts words to the test

As the palate tastes food.

‘Job ought to be tried [fn]to the limit

Because he answers like wicked men!

Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous [those in right standing with You];

For the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.

The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD’S throne is in heaven.

His eyes see, His eyelids test the children of men.

You have tried my heart;

You have visited me in the night;

You have tested me and You find nothing [evil in me];

I intend that my mouth will not transgress.

Examine me, O LORD, and try me;

Test my heart and my mind.

For You have tested us, O God;

You have refined us as silver is refined.

“You called in [the time of] trouble and I rescued you;

I answered you in the secret place of thunder;

I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

“When your fathers tested Me,

They tried Me, even though they had seen My work [of miracles].

Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart;

Test me and know my anxious thoughts;

The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,

But the LORD tests hearts.

“I [the LORD] have set you as an assayer [O Jeremiah] and as a tester [of the ore] of My people,

That you may know and analyze their acts.”

Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts,

“Behold, I will refine them [through suffering] and test them;

For how else should I deal with the daughter of My people?

But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously,

Who tests the feelings and the heart (mind),

Let me see Your vengeance on them,

For to You I have committed my cause.

But You, O LORD, know me [and understand my devotion to You];

You see me;

And You examine the attitude of my heart toward You.

Drag out the faithless like sheep for the slaughter [O LORD]

And set them apart for the day of slaughter.

“I, the LORD, search and examine the mind,

I test the heart,

To give to each man according to his ways,

According to the results of his deeds.

But, O LORD of hosts, You who examine the righteous,

Who see the heart and the mind,

Let me see Your vengeance on them;

For to You I have committed my cause.

“And I will bring the third part through the fire,

Refine them as silver is refined,

And test them as gold is tested.

They will call on My name,

And I will listen and answer them;

I will say, ‘They are My people,’

And they will say, ‘The LORD is my God.’”