Oh that I were - (Hebrew: “Who will give?”). This is a common way of expressing a wish (Job 11:5; Job 13:5; [Referen…

Preserved. —Or, watched over me. When does God not watch over us, if we only knew it?

Oh that I were as [in] months past

Which is either an earnest wish for restoration to his former state of outward …

Job proceeds to contrast his former prosperity with his present misery, through God's withdrawing from him. A gracious soul delights in God's smile…

Previously, Job had shown in general terms why it is not contrary to divine justice for the wicked to prosper while the good—who are given greater …