“He declares the reason by which he walks in the narrow path of God without his feet ever turning aside. This compels him to be the dedicated guardian of his precepts, "I conceived with my mind, he says, this esteem for God, because he is the only one for whom this name [of God] is truly fitting." As for those who are…”
Julian of Eclanum, 5th c. — EXPOSITION ON THE BOOK OF JOB 23:13
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13But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
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11My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
— Job 23:13 —
14For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
15Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.