| Samuel Stillman - 1808 - 426 pages
...their harps on the willows, and refuse to be comforted. In this condition they adopt the language of Job, " Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but f cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself... | |
| 1877 - 588 pages
...birds do so, and that is the meaning of the text." Commenting upon the words of Job, xxiii. 8 9 : — " Behold, I go forward, but He is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive Him: on the left hand, where He doth work, but 1 cannot behold Him : He hideth Himself on the right hand, that... | |
| Philip Doddridge - 1809 - 366 pages
...Time but Thou hearest not; and in the Night Season, and am not silent (m) ; or that of Job, Beheld I go forward, but He is not there, and backward, but I cannot perceive Him; on the left Hand where He doth Work, but I cannot behold Him; He hideth Himself on the right Hand that 1 cannot... | |
| John Pawson - 1809 - 434 pages
...against me with his great power? No, but he would put strength into me. Behold I go forward, but fie is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : On the left-hand', where he doth work, But I cannot behold him: He hideth himself on the right-hand^ that I cannot see him." •... | |
| 1809 - 1150 pages
...the righteous might dispute with him ; so should I be delivered for ever fir.m my judge. 8 Behold, 1 o my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place, 2 Hear attentively t : 9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold hint : he hideth himself on the right... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 272 pages
...is, at it were, an organ to omniscience. Were the soul separate from the body, and with one glanse of thought should start beyond the bounds of the creation,...; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he does work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand that I... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 278 pages
...would still find itself within the embrace of its Creator, and encompassed round with the immc'nsity of the Godhead. Whilst we are in the body he is not...; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he does work, but 1 cnnnot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that... | |
| Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1810 - 304 pages
...not less present with us because he is concealed from us. " O that I knew ivhere I might Jindbim .'" says Job. " Behold I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot fiercei-ue him : on the left hand, ivhere he does work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself... | |
| Robert Trail - 1810 - 530 pages
...affliction, believe this, that God's eye is on you, when you cannot see him : BeMd, says Job, I go for ward, .but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: On the left hand where he doth worb, but I cannot behold hi mi He hideth himself on the right hand, that I... | |
| Nicolas Gouin Dufief - 1811 - 606 pages
...he is not less present with us, because he is concealed from us. "Oh that I knew where I might fmd him ! (says Job). Behold I go forward, but he is not...; and backward, but I cannot perceive him; on the left hand, where he does work, but 1 cannot behold him ; he hideth himselfon the right hand that I... | |
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