 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 I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when...  Select British Classics - Page 471803Full view - About this book
 | Thornhill Kidd - 1817 - 804 pages
...disordered by adversity, magnified the distress. — Hence the language which follows in this chapter : " Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward,...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." But... | |
 | Seth Coleman, Nathan Perkins - 1817 - 306 pages
...sometimes left to adopt the language of Job, and say, of God. the source of all his former joys, (t Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward,...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." But... | |
 | William Barlass, Peter Wilson - 1818 - 688 pages
...Job's case, when he cried, " O that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat ! Behold, I go forward, but he is .not there ; and backward,...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."... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood, Mrs. Sherwood (Mary Martha) - 1818 - 248 pages
...his complaint — Oh that I knew where I might find my Redeemer! that I might come even to his seat! Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward,...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: but... | |
 | Daniel Wilson - 1818 - 594 pages
...extreme depression. O that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat! Behold, 1 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 I cannot see him. David... | |
 | REV. H. C. O'DONNOGHUE, A.M. - 1818 - 342 pages
...not ; he passeth on also, but I perceive him not." " Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; 286 and backward, but I cannot perceive him ; on the left hand where he worketh, but I cannot behold him ; he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him ; but... | |
 | 1818 - 948 pages
...me. 7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should 1 be delivered for ever from my judge. 8 for "The American Bible Society" 1 cannot perceive him : 9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth... | |
 | 1819 - 286 pages
...make my case more desperate by your repeated insinuations. 4. Oh that 1 knew where. 1 might find God ! behold I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward but 1 cannot perceive him. On the left hand where he doth work, but 1 cannot behold him. 5. I would order... | |
 | 1821 - 494 pages
...forbear expressing himself in these lamentable terms, — " Oh that I knew where I might find him ! Behold I go forward, but he is not there : and backward,...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." If... | |
 | 1837 - 552 pages
...to be driven from the coasts. You will feel after him, but cannot find him. "Behold," you will say, "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 hidcth himself on the right hand that 1 cannot see him." You... | |
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