For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
He asserts his guarding against being allured to sin by his senses.
Verse 1. Think - cast a (lustful) look х 'etbowneen (H995)]. He not merely did not so, but put it out of the question, by covenanting with his eyes against leading him into temptation (Proverbs 6:25; Matthew 5:28). The Hebrew for "made a covenant" is literally, 'I cut a covenant:' referring to the victims slain in making a covenant х kaarat (H3772) bªriyt (H1285): Greek, orkia temnein: Latin, icere foedus]. The Hebrew preposition lª- before "eyes" expresses that these were not the party with whom he contracted, but in respect to which he made the covenant with his own soul and with God.
Verse 2. Had I let my senses tempt me to sin, 'what portion (would there have been to me - i:e., must I have expected) from (literally, of) God from above, and what inheritance from (literally, of) the Almighty,' etc. (Maurer). (Job 20:29, "This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God;" Job 27:13)
Verse 3. Answer to the question in Job 31:2.
Strange - extraordinary.
Verse 4. Doth not He see ... ? Knowing this, I could only have expected "destruction" (Job 31:3), had I committed this sin (Proverbs 5:21.