Iyov 23:11

11 My regel hath held to His steps, over His way have I been shomer, and not turned aside.

Iyov 23:11 Meaning and Commentary

Job 23:11

My foot hath held his steps
Trod in the steps he has walked in; he followed God closely, imitated him in acts of holiness and righteousness, of mercy, kindness, and beneficence; and he continued therein; as he set his foot in the steps of God, which were to him for an example, he persisted therein; as he followed on to know him, so to imitate him, and walk worthy of him:

his way have I kept;
the way he prescribed him, and directed him to walk in, the way of his commandments, which he observed constantly, and kept; though not perfectly, yet with great delight and pleasure, and so as not to be chargeable with any gross neglect of them, but in some sense to walk in all of them blameless, as not to be culpable before men:

and not declined:
from the way of God, did not turn aside from it to the right or left, or go into crooked paths with wicked men, or wickedly depart from his God, his ways and worship, as David says, ( Psalms 18:21 ) .

Iyov 23:11 In-Context

9 On the left hand, where He doth work, but I cannot behold Him; He hideth himself yamin (on the right hand), that I cannot see Him;

10 But He knoweth the derech that I take; when He hath tried me, I shall come forth as zahav.

11 My regel hath held to His steps, over His way have I been shomer, and not turned aside.

12 Neither have I gone back from the mitzvah of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my appointed portion.

13 But He stands alone, and who can turn Him? And what His nefesh desireth, even that He doeth.