"For calamity from God is a terror to me,I can understand Job's feelings about what has happened. God has apparently decided to destroy him. If this were a temporal foe, he probably has a force he could bring against it. He'd at least have a battle, so even if he were outnumbered there would be a chance. However, against God, there is no opposition. There's no avoidance, no escape, no chance to prevent what God decides will happen.
And because of His majesty I can do nothing.
In comparison to the power God can bring, Job by comparison can do nothing. This is obvious from what he's said, but I wonder if there's a second meaning here? Could it be that experiencing God's power is enough to shock Job into inaction? Is he saying he is so overwhelmed just by the the knowledge of what God can do, that he can't even think about trying to do anything himself? He realizes it would be futile, but many would still try; Job can't, he is so humbled by what he knows is coming.
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