Job 31:4

Job 31:4 Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?

Ver. 4. Doth he not see my ways, and count, &c. ] Yea, sure he doth so; and the conscience of God’s omniscience, who would soon take him tripping, kept him from this great wickedness. So it did Joseph, but so it did not David; who is, therefore, said to despise God and his commandment, 2Sa 12:9-10 to do evil in his sight; and this was no small aggravation of his offence. Ne pecces, Deus ipse videt. "I have seen the lewdness of thy whoredom," Jeremiah 13:27 . "Even I know, and am a witness, saith the Lord," Jeremiah 29:23 . That should be a powerful retentive from vice, Proverbs 5:21 .

And count all my steps? ] Doth not he cipher them up? Habens omnia in numerato; not my ways only, my counsels and cogitations, but my steps also, that is, all mine outward attempts and actions. A most needful and useful consideration surely, to keep men within the compass of obedience. See this doctrine of God’s singular providence plainly and plentifully set forth, Psalms 139:1-4 .