'Oh' in the Bible
Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before you!"
He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if there are thirty found there?" He said, "I will not do it, if I find thirty there."
He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak just once more. What if ten are found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the ten's sake."
See now, this city is near to flee to, and it is a little one. Oh let me escape there (isn't it a little one?), and my soul will live."
and said, "Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food.
Then Judah came near to him, and said, "Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord's ears, and don't let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Pharaoh.
Moses returned to Yahweh, and said, "Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made themselves gods of gold.
Aaron said to Moses, "Oh, my lord, please don't count this sin against us, in which we have done foolishly, and in which we have sinned.
Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children forever!
Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel has turned their backs before their enemies!
Gideon said to him, "Oh, my lord, if Yahweh is with us, why then has all this happened to us? Where are all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying, 'Didn't Yahweh bring us up from Egypt?' But now Yahweh has cast us off, and delivered us into the hand of Midian."
Then Manoah entreated Yahweh, and said, "Oh, Lord, please let the man of God whom you did send come again to us, and teach us what we shall do to the child who shall be born."
She said, "Oh, my lord, as your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood by you here, praying to Yahweh.
Absalom said moreover, "Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any suit or cause might come to me, and I would do him justice!"
David longed, and said, "Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!"
The one woman said, "Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house. I delivered a child with her in the house.
Then the woman whose the living child was spoke to the king, for her heart yearned over her son, and she said, "Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no way kill it!" But the other said, "It shall be neither mine nor yours. Divide it."
Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, "Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from evil, that it not be to my sorrow!" God granted him that which he requested.
David longed, and said, "Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!"
Oh give thanks to Yahweh. Call on his name. Make his doings known among the peoples.
Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
"Oh that my anguish were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
"Oh that I might have my request, that God would grant the thing that I long for,
Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye shall no more see good.
But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you,
Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise.
"Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would keep me secret, until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
"Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!
"Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;
oh that I had one to hear me! (behold, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me); let the accuser write my indictment!
Hear, oh, hear the noise of his voice, the sound that goes out of his mouth.
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.
Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When Yahweh restores the fortunes of his people, then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. A Psalm by David.
The troubles of my heart are enlarged. Oh bring me out of my distresses.
Oh keep my soul, and deliver me. Let me not be disappointed, for I take refuge in you.
Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men!
Oh love Yahweh, all you his saints! Yahweh preserves the faithful, and fully recompenses him who behaves arrogantly.
Oh magnify Yahweh with me. Let us exalt his name together.
Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
Oh fear Yahweh, you his saints, for there is no lack with those who fear him.
Oh continue your loving kindness to those who know you, your righteousness to the upright in heart.
Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away, and exist no more." For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.
Oh, send out your light and your truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to your holy hill, To your tents.
Oh clap your hands, all you nations. Shout to God with the voice of triumph!
Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When God brings back his people from captivity, then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A contemplation by David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, "Isn't David hiding himself among us?"
I said, "Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest.
Oh, my Strength, I watch for you, for God is my high tower.
Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you will judge the peoples with equity, and govern the nations on earth. Selah.
Oh that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!
Oh come, let's sing to Yahweh. Let's shout aloud to the rock of our salvation!
Oh come, let's worship and bow down. Let's kneel before Yahweh, our Maker,
for he is our God. We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. Today, oh that you would hear his voice!
Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. ALEPH
Oh give thanks to the God of heaven; for his loving kindness endures forever.
There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! Their eyelids are lifted up.
Oh that you were like my brother, who nursed from the breasts of my mother! If I found you outside, I would kiss you; yes, and no one would despise me.
Oh that you had listened to my commandments! then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea:
Oh that you would tear the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence,
Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! My heart is faint within me.
Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a spring of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
However I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Oh, don't do this abominable thing that I hate.
I prayed to Yahweh my God, and made confession, and said, Oh, Lord, the great and dreadful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments,
"If thieves came to you, if robbers by night -- oh, what disaster awaits you -- wouldn't they only steal until they had enough? If grape pickers came to you, wouldn't they leave some gleaning grapes?
"Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you," says Yahweh of Armies, "neither will I accept an offering at your hand.