31:4 Does he not see my ways
and count all my steps?
31:14 then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment; 1
when he intervenes, 2
how will I respond to him?
1 tn Heb “arises.” The LXX reads “takes vengeance,” an interpretation that is somewhat correct but unnecessary. The verb “to rise” would mean “to confront in judgment.”
2 tn The verb פָקַד (paqad) means “to visit,” but with God as the subject it means any divine intervention for blessing or cursing, anything God does that changes a person’s life. Here it is “visit to judge.”