Job 23:11

Job 23:11. My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

You cannot talk like that in the time of trouble if you have not led a sincere, and upright, and gracious life. those battles into which men come in the Valley of Humiliation, are often brought about by their tripping when they are going down the hill. Our sins find us out at length; but if God enables us to walk uprightly, then we feel very confident, - not in our own uprightness, but in God’s love and grace.