...preface with which he introduceth it : " Oh that my words were now written, oh that they were printed in a book ! that they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever! " (vers. 23, 24.) Now, in contrast with this passage should ever be taken the confession of the conscience-stricken...

...the terrors of God, she at last complied. 11 But oh ! that her words were now written, and printed in a book — that they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever ! For, to the conviction of all present, the Spirit of God spoke out of her. There was not, I suppose,...

...is known only to Thee who art Almighty. I have been ready to cry, "Oh! that my sorrows were written with an iron pen and lead, in the rock for ever." The ear of Him who was wont to listen to my complaints, seems shut from my cry. — I have none other in...

...preface ushering in this expression, " O that my words were now written ! O that they were printed in a book ! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead, in the rock for ever !" (Ibid. 23, 24.) He desires that his words may continue as his expectation, that they may remain...

...lost in our translation : " О that my words were now written ! О that they were printed (written) in a book ! that they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever !" In the east there is a mode of writing, which is designed to fix words in the memory, but the writing...

...that he breaks out inio these ecstasies, "O that my words were now written. O that they were printed one certain place, IB a property very suitable to the Spirit of God, "The wind b for I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth; and though...

...satisfied with my flesh? 23 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! 24 id. Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cat 25 For I know thai my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: 26...

...response to Bildad the Shuhite, Job cries, "Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were printed in a book! / That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!" Job longs for a written record of his innocence and his suffering, a commitment to and in writing....

....T'R 19. 23. 20. 12. 23 "Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book ! 24 That they were ° graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever! 25 For 3 °know that my "Redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the0 earth:...

...Old Testament, lob exclaims: "Oh that my words were now writtenl Oh that they were printed in a bookl That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for everl" The chief writing material of the ancient world was made of papyrus, a rushlike plant that grows...