Charles Spurgeon Commentary Job 23:1

"Then Job answered and said," — Job 23:1 (ASV)

Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.

It is a bad sign when a man of God becomes afraid of God. Yet there is a holy awe which may degenerate into a servile fear which has bondage; but even this may be the foundation of a holy confidence which will keep us in obedience to the Lord.