 | William Jay - 1832 - 704 pagina’s
...they are troubled — " 0 that it was with me as in months past, when the candle of the Lord shone upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness ; while as yet the Almighty was with me." The loss and the remembrance of their former peace and joy;... | |
 | Village pastor - 1832 - 226 pagina’s
...faith, but to increase his melancholy. In the full bitterness of his soul he is ready to exclaim, " O that I were as in months past, as in the days when Gotl preserved me ! when his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness."... | |
 | 1833 - 792 pagina’s
...changes which we have noticed had for a long time been tending, — elasticity. THE HOLIDAYS. • • O 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 I was in the days of my youth,... | |
 | John Savage Hawley - 1912 - 244 pagina’s
...to depart from evil is understanding. CHAPTER 29. MOREOVER Job continued his parable, and said, 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... | |
 | James Moffatt - 1913 - 252 pagina’s
...hidden by the sleeve of Night and Morn." — FITZGERALD : Rubdiyat (xxxi., xxxiii.). JOB xxix. 2. Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me. " Ah we never know How lovely is the lowly, tinkling flow Of peaceful moments, with their sunny sparks,... | |
 | 1867 - 1202 pagina’s
...in the Church of Christ; and with many tears she would feel and repeat the plaintive sorrow of Job, "0, that I were as in months past, as in the days that God preserved me ; when His candle shined upon my head. ... As I was in the days of my youth,... | |
 | 1914 - 284 pagina’s
...righteousness will I hold fast, and will not let it go; my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. 4. Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when the Holy One preserved me; when His candle shined upon my head, and when by His light I walked through... | |
 | Walter Stewart Harris - 1917 - 372 pagina’s
...thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. Job 29: 1, 2, 3. Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when...head, and when by his light I walked through darkness [darkness — nothing; is not where there is light]. Job 37: 19. Teach us what we shall say unto him... | |
 | Silvanus Phillips Thompson - 1918 - 368 pagina’s
...their vanished years ? With Job they may express their yearnings in some such terms as these : " Oh, that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me ; when His candle shined upon me, and when by His light I walked through darkness ; as I was in the days of my youth, when the secret... | |
 | Paul Edward Kretzmann - 1924 - 748 pagina’s
...PBOSPEBITY. — V. 1. Moreover, Job continued his parable, hie proverbial sayings, and said, v. 2. Oh, 20, 0 ; also 28, 30. V. 0. sighing for the happy condition of that period of his life which now seems to belong to the remote... | |
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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... 
