Job 23:14

Therefore am I troubled at his presence,.... Not at his gracious presence, which he wanted, and every good man desires; but at his appearance as an enemy, as he apprehended him, laying and continuing…

For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me - “I am now meeting only what has been determined by his eternal plan. I know not what is the “reason” why it was appointed; but I see that God had…

Some make Job to complain here that God dealt unjustly and unfairly with him in proceeding to punish him without the least relenting or relaxation, though he had such incontestable evidences to…

For he performeth Or, Yea He will perform, or, accomplish. The "thing appointed" for Job is his death through his malady, which the Almighty has resolved upon. This is the profound enigma to Job; but…