...it their greateft grief. Thus, in particular circumftances, it is the language of Job : " Be" hold, I go forward, but he is " not there ; and, backward, but " I cannot perceive him ; on the i' left hand, where he doth work, " but I cannot behold him ; he •' hideth himfelf on the right "...

...present with us because he is concealed from us. ' O that I knew where I might find him!' says Job. ' Behold I go forward, but he is, not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: on tlie left hand, where he does work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself 011 the right hand that...

...seems now to have been denied to Job : for he says, ver. 3 and 4, " Oh, that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come even to his seat ! I would...cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments." And ver. 8, 9, " Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him...

...present with us, because he is concealed from us. " O that I knew where I might find him ! (says Job.) Behold I go forward, but he is not there ; 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 jight-hand, that...

...excess of grief, he uttered these emphatical words, O that I knew where I might find God ! 1 would go even to his seat. I would order my cause before him, and, fill my mouth with arguments. I would know the words which he would anszver me, and understand what he would say unto me, chap, xiii....

...might argue my cause, and be delivered from hit condemning sentence. But my | wishes are vain j for Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there ;] and backward, but I cannot perceive him ; though he is every lohere present, yet I cannot tee him appearing to plead for me f I am to hurried...

...would speak to the Almighty, and I " desire to reason with God. O that I knew where I " might find him ! that I might come even to his seat ! " I would...before him, and fill my mouth " with arguments. Behold my desire is that the Almighty 11 would answer me."} Elihu justly reproves Job for thus justifying...

...access to God, and the throne of grace. Again, as in the text, "Oh, that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come even to his seat ! I would...cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments." The idea is, that he would plead before God with a holy, submissive boldness ; not his own merit, fer,...

...language is N ** . :. with Job, " Oh, that I knew where I might find him*, that I might come, even unto his seat ! I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with ai%|» merits." They desire not to be freed from their obligations, to attend constantly upon the public...

...frame. Holy Job knew what this was by experience, when he said, " O that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat ; I would order my cause before him, I would fill my mouth with arguments." David complains of this desertion, and prays that " God may...