Charles Spurgeon Commentary Job 23:13-15

"But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. For he performeth that which is appointed for me: And many such things are with him. Therefore am I terrified at his presence; When I consider, I am afraid of him." — Job 23:13-15 (ASV)

And what his soul desires, even that he does. For he performs the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him. Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.

Yet he longed for him. So, sometimes, we long for the presence of God, yet that presence strikes us with a solemn awe whenever we are favored with it.

We ask to see our Lord, yet when we do see him, we have to say, with John, When I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. Or perhaps we are like Peter who, when the Lord Jesus was in his boat, fell down before him, and cried, depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.

The majesty of Christ's pure presence was too much for poor imperfect Peter; so it is for us.