Job 31:37

“I would declare to him the number of my steps, etc.] To his judge, or to him that contended with him, and drew up the bill against him; he would forward it, assist in it, furnish materials for it, give an account of all the transactions of his life that he could remember; this he says not as though he thought that God stood in need of any such declaration, since he better knows the actions of men than they themselves, compasses their paths, and is acquainted with all their ways; but to show how confident he was of his innocence, and how little he feared the strictest and closest examination of his ways and works, knowing that he had lived with all good conscience unto that day: and as a…”

“A good conscience imparts a princely dignity before man and free assurance in approaching God. This can be realized, not in Job's way (Job 42:5-6); but only through Jesus Christ (Heb 10:22).”

“I would declare unto him the number of my steps - That is, I would disclose to him the whole course of my life. This is language also appropriate to a judicial trial, and the meaning is, that Job was so confident of his integrity that he would approach God and make his whole course of life known to him. As a prince would I go near unto him - With the firm and upright step with which a prince commonly walks. I would not go in a base, cringing manner, but in a manner that evinced a consciousness of integrity. I would not go bowed down under the consciousness of guilt, as a self-condemned malefactor, but with the firm and elastic foot-tread of one conscious of innocence. It must be remembered…”

“Him - My judge, or adversary. My steps - The whole course of my life. A prince - With undaunted courage and confidence. Job 31:38”

“31:37 A prince who had been wrongly accused had the right to come before his king to make an appeal.”

“declare: Job 9:3, Job 13:15, Job 14:16, Job 42:3-6; Psa 19:12 as a: Gen 32:28; Eph 3:12; Heb 4:15, Heb 4:16; Jo1 3:19-21 Job 31:38”