 | Johannes Zollikofer - 1837 - 722 pagine
...yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. But as for man, his days are as grass ; as a flower of the field so he flourisheth ; for the wind passeth over it, and it is gone, end the place thereof knoweth it no more. We appear before Thee, to close in thy presence,... | |
 | Henry Duncan - 1837 - 426 pagine
...himself to " a leaf driven to and fro." " As for man," says the Psalmist, " his days are as grass ; as a flower of the field so he flourisheth ; for the wind passeth over it and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more ;" Psalm ciii. 15, 16. Such are a few of the... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1837 - 426 pagine
...For he knoweth our frame, He remembereth we are but dust. As for man, his days are as grass ; As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone, And the place thereof knoweth it no more. The mercy of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting... | |
 | Thomas Miller - 1837 - 466 pagine
...scythe, and exclaim " Man cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down ; his days are as grass ; as a flower of the field so he flourisheth, for the wind passeth over it, and it is gone !" Hay-making is both a pleasant and healthful occupation ; — it is the very life of an... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - 1837 - 438 pagine
...Jbehold ; but now it is limited to a much shorter period — ' For the days of man are as grass ; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth : for the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more. But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting... | |
 | John Leifchild, Redford (Rev. Dr.) - 1838 - 472 pagine
...are his bones of iron—has he an arm like God, or can he thunder with a voice like him ? No—as a flower of the field so he flourisheth, for the wind passeth over him and he is gone." A crumb, a gnat, a hair, a thorn, a speck, or a slip, may make an end of him.... | |
 | Charles Pettit McIlvaine - 1839 - 672 pagine
...comes; and in a moment sweeps away thee and thy plans forever! "As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field so he flourisheth: for the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more." Can riches bribe Death, or make a bargain... | |
 | James P. Miller - 1839 - 524 pagine
...For he knoweth our frame ; he remembereth that we are dust. As for man, his days are as grass ; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth ; for the wind passeth over it, and it is gone, and the place thereof shall know it no more : But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting... | |
 | Alexander Reid - 1839 - 154 pagine
...or poetry:— EXAMPLE. Human life is short and uncertain. " As for man, his days are as grass ; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth; for the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more." " Where is to-morrow ? In another world.... | |
 | Old Humphrey - 1839 - 384 pagine
...fading lily, without the sad, yet salutary remembrance, that, "as for man, his days are as grass, as a flower of the field so he flourisheth : for the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof knoweth it no more," Psa. ciii. 15. Yet though our bodies be frail... | |
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As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth : For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more. 
