Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 31:23

23. For destruction from God was a terrour to me , and by reason of his highness I could not endure .

I was so far from denying or questioning God's Providence, wherewith you seem to charge me, that I always reverenced it, and when by reason of my great Wealth and Power, and Interest, I had little reason to fear man, I stood in awe of God and of his judgments, and made it my care and business to please God.

Or, Excellency or Majesty, which is most glorious and terrible.

I found my self utterly unable either to oppose his power, or to bear his wrath, and therefore I durst not provoke him by any impiety or injustice.

Marginal references: Isa. 13. 6. Ioel 1. 15.