 | 1789 - 428 pages
...HE. is concealed from us. " O that I knew where I might " findniM!" fays Job. "Behold I go for ward, but " HE is not there; and backward, but I cannot...HIM : HE " hideth HIMSELF on the right hand that I can" not fee HIM*." In fhort, reafon as well as revelation aflures us that HE cannot be abfent * Job... | |
 | 1807 - 672 pages
...face from them. He says, therefore, — " Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him. Therefore am I troubled at his presence : when I consider, I am afraid of him : for God maketh my heart... | |
 | Sarah Martin - 1799 - 152 pages
...greatly hid. I feel ready to say with Job, "I cannot perceive him on the left hand, where he doth work ; he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him. But he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold." August 2.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 280 pages
...perceive him: on tlie left hand, where he does work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself 011 the right hand that I cannot see him.' In short, reason as well as revelation assures us that he cunnot be absent from us, notwithstanding he is undi&covf red by us. In this consideration of God Almighty's... | |
 | William Shaw - 1802 - 224 pages
...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." We cannot conceive of the Deity without personification, and though the bible ascribeth to him eyes,... | |
 | John Wilkins - 1802 - 292 pages
...Job. xxxviii. 4. Ps. cii. 25. f Ps. cxxxvi. 6. xxiv. 2. I Subtil. Exercit. 67, § Job xxiii. 8. 9. behold him. He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him. Which expressions are by some interpreters referred unto the four coasts of heaven, according to the... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - 1802 - 626 pages
...not there, and backward, but I cannot perceive him ; on the left hand where he doth work, but Icannot behold him ; he hideth himself on the right hand that I cannot see him\. So that all, whichlooked like religion, in your mind, shall seem as it were, to be melted into grief,... | |
 | John Smalley - 1803 - 448 pages
...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." Job wanted to reason with God, one would suppose from these complaints, not being able to comprehend... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 498 pages
...On the left-hand, where he does work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the jight-hand, that I cannot see him." In short, reason, as well as revelation, assure us, that Jie cannot be absent from us, notwithstanding he is undiscovered by us. In this consideration... | |
 | Joseph Washburn, Asahel Hooker - 1807 - 388 pages
...forward, but he is not there : 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." In this situation he exclaims, as in the text, " Oh, that I knew whercjl might find him, that I might... | |
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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 he... 
