...having a desire to depart." Job felt this weariness when in plaintive strains he cried, " Oh, that I might have my request, and that God would grant me the thing that I long for, that He would loose His hand and cut me off. Why died I not at the birth ? . . . . for now I should...

...that I might have rny request^ And that God would grant my desire, 9 That it would please God to crush me, That he would let loose his hand and cut me off! 10 Then there would be yet comfort to me; Yea, I would exult in my anguish— Let him spare not—...

...the mother; all appeared lost to her. In the language of Job she cried, " Oh that I might have iny request; and that God would grant me the thing that...that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off." (Job vi. 8, 9.) "Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;...

...that I might have my request ; and vould grant me 4 the thing that I long for ! that God would grant 9 Even that it would please God to destroy me ; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off ! 10 Then should I yet have comfort ; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare ; for...

...that I might have my request ; and that God would grant me tthe thing that I long for ! 9 Even dthat it would please God to destroy me ; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! 10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrowr : let him not spare ; for...

...elegantly words it — " O that I might have my request — that God would grant me the thing that 1 long for : even that it would please God to destroy...that he would let loose his hand and cut me off." " Why dost thoti not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity ?" Hear Bildad : " If thou...

...white of an egg ? 7 The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat. 8 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me " the thing that I long for ! 9 Even k that it would please God to destroy me ; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!...

...that they endure, and tlipt they do not suffer one pang too much 102 9 Even that a it would please j God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand and cut me off! a I Ki 19. 4. Jon. 4. 3, 8. b Ps. 40. 9. Ac. 20. 20, 27. c Is, 57. 15. Such sometimes were Job's feelings;...

...whereof drinketh up my spirit : the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. Oh that I might have my request ; and that God would grant me...; that He would let loose His hand, and cut me off ! " 1 Look once more : it was so in the case of King Hezekiah, when the solemn warning of approaching...

...of the hill-side churchyard. He nourished but one wish — the wish of Job in his extremity : " Oh ! that it would please God to destroy me ; that he would let loose his hand and cut me off. What is my strength that I should hope ? and what is mine end that I should prolong my life ? O remember...