"For now You number my steps,I'll admit, this confuses me somewhat. The first part is simple enough. God numbers our steps, and He knows how many steps we take. He also knows how many we are going to take, over the course of our lives. And we should know that when we reach the number He has given us, He will take us home.
You do not observe my sin.
The confusing part is the second line. It almost sounds like Job is saying that God ignores his sin. Is God the inferior here? Job can do no wrong, no matter what? Were this the case, his friends would truly be correct about his failure to admit his faults, and why God is punishing him. I have to assume that he is referring to how he has made atonement for his sins, and therefore God has forgiven them and does not count them against him. But the wording is rather odd.
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