Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 23:8

8. Behold, I go forward , but he is not there ; and backward , but I cannot perceive him:

i. e. Towards the East, which in Scripture is accounted the forepart of the world, as the Hebrew name of it signifies, because of the light of the Sun, which ariseth there, and draweth the Eyes of men towards it.

To wit, so as I would have him, as a Judge to hear and determine my cause, of which he is here speaking: For otherwise he knew and believed that God was essentially present in all places.

i. e. Towards the West. So also the North is called the Left-hand, and the South the Right-hand, v. 9. because so they all are to a man who looks towards the East. He names all the several parts of the World to shew▪ his eager desire and restless endeavours to find out God, and to present himself before him.

Marginal references: Chap. 9. 12.