...and the Almighty troubleth me." We hear him again complaining, and saying, << O that it were with me as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me ! when his candle shmed upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness !" — Can we suppose that this...

...past, pervaded your mansion; We are ready to break forth into the involuntary exclamation : 0 that ye .were, as in months past ; as in the days, .when God preserved you ! But we will suppress our emotions*, We will not add grief to your sorrow* We commend the afflicted...

...protestations of his innocence. 1 "IV /Г ö RE С) VER Job continued his parable, and said, 2 .LYJL Oh that I were as [in] months past, as [in] the days [when] God preserved me with peculiar tenderness and care ; 3 When his candle shined upon my head, [and when] by his light...

...men. x. 12. Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation prescrveth my spirit. xxix. 2. O that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me. Ps. xvi. 1. Preserve me, O Lord, for in thee do I put my trust. xxxi. 23. The Lord preserveth the faithful....

...as we learn from his affecting complaint, when he reviewed the days of his prosperity : " O " that L were as in months past, as in the days when " God preserved me ; as in the days of my youth, " when the candle of the Lord shined upon my head, " when the Almighty...

...same anciently, perhaps the words of Job might refer to it. ch. xxix. 2, 3. Oh! that it rvere with me as in months past, as in the days when GOD preserved me : when his candle shined upon my head, ( when I returned prosperous from expeditions against the enemies of my tribe, and had my tent adorned...

...commencement of the twenty-ninth chapter, is beautifully elucidated by reference to eastern customs. " Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me ; when his candle shincd upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness." For " candle " our author would...

...himself of his farmer firosfifrity mid honour. MOREOVER, Job continued his parable, and said, 2 Oh that 1 h-lehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and co ; 3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness ; 4 As 1 was...

...pitiable condition, left without a friend to solace or a benefactor to relieve them, he exclaimed, " O that I were as in months past, as in the days when GOD preserved me. When the ear heard me, then it blessed me ; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me ; because I delivered...

...can be applied with no tolerable propriety to the condition of a private man : — " O that I were as " in the days when GOD preserved me, when his " candle shined upon rny head, and when by his " LIGHT, I walked through darkness: As I was in * On the same place. f Chap,...