'Oh' in the Bible
“Oh, that my grief could actually be weighedAnd placed in the balances together with my tragedy [to see if my grief is the grief of a coward]!
“Oh that my request would come to pass,And that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
“Remember that my life is but breath [a puff of wind, a sigh];My eye will not see good again.
“But oh, that God would speak,And open His lips [to speak] against you,
“Oh, that you would be completely silent,And that silence would be your wisdom!
“Oh, that You would hide me in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past,That You would set a definite time and then remember me [and in Your lovingkindness imprint me on your heart]!
“Oh, that a man would mediate and plead with God [for me]Just as a man [mediates and pleads] with his neighbor and friend.
“Oh, that the words I now speak were written!Oh, that they were recorded in a scroll!
“Oh, that I knew where I might find Him,That I might [even] come to His seat!
“Oh, that I were as in the months of old,As in the days when God watched over me,
Oh, let Him weigh me with accurate scales,And let God know my integrity.
“Oh, that I had one to listen to me!Look, here is my signature (mark);Let the Almighty answer me!Let my adversary write out His indictment [and put His vague accusations in tangible form].
“Listen carefully to the thunder of His voice,And the rumbling that goes out of His mouth!