Charles Spurgeon Commentary Job 23:12-13

"I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth." — Job 23:12-13 (ASV)

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. But he is in one mind, and who can turn him?

Job looks at his grief, and says concerning it, "It is according to God's mind that I should have this grief, and who can turn him?"

There may be times when God wills that his servant should be in trouble; and when God lets down the iron bar, who can lift it up?

When he shuts up a soul in Doubting Castle, how can it escape until he wins its deliverance?

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. But he is in one mind, and who can turn him?

"His mind is made up to chasten me; he means to afflict me again and again; so what can I do but yield to his will?"