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.
 Let us proceed, thirdly, to speak of   imaginary blessing  s. They do exist in the world. May God deliver us from them. “Oh, that   you  would bless me!” 