...present with us, because he is concealed from us. "Oh that I knew where I might fmd him ! (says Job). Behold I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward,...I cannot perceive him; on the left hand, where he does work, but 1 cannot behold him ; he hideth himselfon the right hand that I cannot see him." In...

...*. — Job goes on, 0 that I knew where I might find him [God], that I might come even to his seat. Behold I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the lift ha-nd where he doth work, but I cannot behold him ': he hideth himself on the right hand, that...

...might find him [God], that I might come even to Vis seat. Behold I go forward, but he is not there mid backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left 'hand where he doth work, hut I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot sec. him f. Could any...

...that he had desired and expected in the days of his adversity. In that dark and gloomy season he said, "Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward,...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" David gratefully...

...forward, but he is not there ; and hackward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he does work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand that I cannot see him. In short, reason as well as revelation assure us, that he cannot be absent from us, notwithstanding...

...who said, ' 1 know that ray Redeemer liveth,' said afterwards, in respect to providential dealings, 'Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him.' — ' O that it were now with me as in times past, when his candle shined upon ray head! and when,...

...guide who could not lead Mm astray. And thus Job relieved his mind, under a pressure of perplexity. " 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 I cannot " behold him : he hideth...

...those affections raised to the highest pitch. He is not indeed to be discerned by any of our senses. " I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward,...himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him. O that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come even to his seat !"* But is he then afar off?...

...come, even to his seat ! 4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth "with arguments. 8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there : and backward, but I cannot perceive him :. 9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he. hideth himself on the right...

...complaining, " Why standest thou afar off, O Lord '{" " Why hidest thou thyself in time of trouble?" " Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him :" " O that I knew where I might find him !" " My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me!" — And...