Job 23:11

“My foot hath held his steps, etc.] 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,…”

“held--fast by His steps. The law is in Old Testament poetry regarded as a way, God going before us as our guide, in whose footsteps we must tread (Psa 17:5). declined-- (Psa 125:5).”

“My foot hath held his steps - Roberts, in his Oriental Illustrations, and the Editor of the Pictorial Bible, suppose that there is an allusion here to the active, grasping power which the Orientals have in their feet and toes. By constant usage they accustom themselves to make use of them in holding things in a manner which to us seems almost incredible, and they make the toes perform almost the work of fingers. We bind ours fast from early childhood in our close shoes, and they become useless except for the purpose of walking. But the Orientals use theirs differently. They seize upon an object with their toes, and hold it fast. If in walking along they see anything on the ground which they…”

“Steps - The steps or paths which God hath appointed men to walk in. Job 23:14”

“My foot: Sa1 12:2-5; Psa 18:20-24, Psa 44:18; Act 20:18, Act 20:19, Act 20:33, Act 20:34; Co2 1:12; Th1 2:10 his way: Job 17:9; Psa 36:3, Psa 125:5; Zep 1:6; Luk 8:13-15; Rom 2:7; Pe2 2:20-22 Job 23:12”