...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...

...a finer picture of a charitable and good-natured man than is to be met with in any other author. " O that I were as in months past, as in the days " when God preserved me : when his candle shined " upon my head, and when by his light I walked " through darkness : when the...

...pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me. From the same. O that I -were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; when his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; as I was in the...

...the days of his profperity : " O that I were as in months paft, as in the " days when God preferved me ; as in the days of my " youth, when the candle of the Lord mined upon my " head, when the Almighty was yet with me, when " my children were about me ; when the...

...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...

...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...my head, " when the Almighty was yet with me, when mv " children were about me; when the ear heard me, " then it blessed me ; when the eye saw me, it...

...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....

...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...

...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...