...silence for which at first he is commended, and gave vent to such language as, " Oh! that. I might have my request, and that God would grant me the thing...it would please God to destroy me ; that He would loose His hand, and cut me off!" (ch. vi. 8, 9). And again, his complaint that so short a life as man's...

...cometh not. He entreats the Almighty to cut short the thread of his existence : 0 that I might have my request, and that God would grant me the thing...that it would please God to destroy me, that he would loose his hand and cut me off. The harsh language of his professed friends he retorts with increasing...

...live, it must not be concealed from self, to regret the years that are to come. ' O that I might have my request, and that God would ' grant me the thing that I long for ! What is my strength, ' that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should ' prolong my life'...

...last, however, he opened his mouth and cursed his day, and desired to die, saying, "O that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing...that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!" Job vis 8, 9. Though wise and good men have, under sore afflictions, indulged in this extreme of impatience,...

...are as food which I loathe. 8 O that my request might come; That God would grant my longing: 9 And that it would please God to destroy me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me ofl'. 10 For it should still be my solace, Yea I would exult, in pain that spares not, That I have...

...grief were thoroughly weighed, And my calamity laid in the balances together! 8 Oh that I might have my request; And that God would grant me the thing that I long for! 9 Even that it would please God to destroy me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! 14...

...die at birth. . . ?" (Job 3:11). A little later he makes a plea "that it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off" (Job 6:9). Why? Because he would rather have that than have the world believe him to have been unfaithful...

...that I might have my request, and that God would grant my desire; ''that it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off! '"This would be my consolation; I would even exult in pain unsparing; for I have not denied the words...

...discouraged, but had not lost hope. He opened his Bible and read — Job 6:8: "Oh that I might have my request, and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!" Robert knew that he longed for Marie and believed that if he had faith God would answer his prayers....

...when they can find the grave? (3.20-22) He wishes that God would end his life: Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing...that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! (6.8-9) Still, Job does not actively consider suicide. When his wife earlier suggested that he curse...