 OH 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...  The Spectator - Page 373by Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811Full view - About this book
 | 1830 - 586 pages
...spring of painful sensibility, and to her soul says unutterable things. ' Oh ! that it were with me as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me ; when his candle shone upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness ; as I was in the days of my youth,... | |
 | John Gregory Pike - 1831 - 396 pages
...your peace and tranquillity for doubt and fear. You fear that God has withdrawn from you, and say, " O that I were as in months past, as in the days when...and when by his light I walked through darkness." Now, instead of possessing cheering comforts, you walk in darkness and have no light. Your heaven is... | |
 | George Fox - 1831 - 466 pages
...Christ hath enlightened their candle. 1 Cor. ii. And Job said, ' Oh, that I were as in months passed, as in the days when God preserved me, when his candle...head, and when by his light I walked through darkness : as I was in the days of my youth, when the secrets of God were upon my tabernacle,' &c. Here Job... | |
 | Rev. John BARR (of Glasgow.) - 1831 - 348 pages
...time bereft of this attainment. The holy patriarch Job thus affectingly bemoans his desertion, — " Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me ; when his candle sinned upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness ; as in the days of my youth,... | |
 | James Backhouse - 1831 - 400 pages
...of her faith, with adopting the memorable words of the prophet Habakkuk, saying : "' O, that I was as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me ; when his candle slimed upon my head ; and when by his light I walked through darkness : yet Thou, 0 Lord ! knowest... | |
 | 1831 - 930 pages
...to depart from evil is understanding. CHAP. XXIX. MOREOVER, Job continued his parable, and said, 2 e, token God preserved me ; 3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through... | |
 | Roland Mushat Frye - 1978 - 644 pages
...righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. 29 2 Oh that I were as in months past, As in the days when God preserved me; 3 When his candle shined upon my head, And when by his light I walked through darkness; 4 As I was... | |
 | Zondervan - 1984 - 940 pages
...and to depart from evil is understanding. CHAPTER 29 MOREOVER JOB continued his parable, and said. 2 b not the poor, because he is poor; neither oppress the afflicted in th 3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; 4 As I was... | |
 | Robert Coles - 1990 - 404 pages
...for herself. Hers was not the impiety of Job — not even his nostalgia for the good times of yore: "Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days...and when by his light I walked through darkness." Once, during a visit, she told me this: "It's been hard for us [the Jewish people]: we've had troubles,... | |
 | John Paul Scott - 1990 - 378 pages
...physical world is only the world of effects). Job wishes he were in his former condition of prosperity. "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 of God was upon my tabernacle." This candle which... | |
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