...language of Job : "O that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even unto his seat ! Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward,...hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he Iiitleth himself on the right hand, that I eannot see him." (Job xxiii : 3, 8, 9.) Yet he is as near...

...way he took. Job had diligently sought the calming presence of God, but, for a time, in vain. Behold I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but...hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him" (w. 8 & 9). But he consoled himself with this blessed fact - though I cannot see God, what is a thousand...

...example: Lo, He passes by me, and I see Him not, He passes on also, but I perceive him not. (9:11) Behold, I go forward, but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive him. (23:8) Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did He cover the thick darkness from...

...admitted to "come even to His seat" (Job 23:3). Of the want of which he complains, while he says, "Behold, I go forward, but He is not there; and backward, but I cannot see Him; on the left hand, where He works, but I cannot behold Him. He hides Himself on the tight hand,...

...suffering (see Job 9:22-24; Eccl 8:14). 3 In the face of suffering, God seems to be absent: "Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him; on the left hand I seek him, but I cannot behold him; I turn to the right hand, but I cannot see him" (Job 23:8-9)....