...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...

...good-natured man than is to be met with in any other author. " Oh that I were as in months past, as Ifi fhe days when God preserved me : When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness : When the Almighty was yet with me; when my children...

...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 "...preserved me : when his candle shined " upon my head, and when by his light I walked " through darkness : when the Almighty was yet " with me ; when my children...

...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...preserved me; when his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; as I was in the days of my youth, when the secret...

...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...