 | 1837 - 324 pagine
...is coming. . . . Their sword shall enter into 116 TOP. V.] DESERT OF SIN. their own heart. — 35. I have seen the wicked in great power and spreading...bay tree, yet he passed away, and lo! he was not. Yna I sought him, but he could not, be found. 73: 16. When I thought to know this it was too painful... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - 1837 - 450 pagine
...Marten — " I have seen the wicked in great power, and spread- , ing himself like a green bay-tree : yet he passed away, and lo, he was not ; yea, I sought him, but he could not be found." Psalm xxxvii. 35, 36. At some seasons Marten felt so uncomfortable in his. wide house by himself, as... | |
 | Edward Bury - 1838 - 192 pagine
...richest man in all the east, and left him poor even to a proverb. " I have seen," says the psalmist, " the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like...not : yea, I sought him, but he could not be found," Psa. xxxvii. 35, 36. How oft may we see, in our times, great families rooted out ! God blows upon them,... | |
 | Female excellence - 1838 - 240 pagine
...begging bread." " I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay-tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not : yea, I sought...not be found. Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright : for the end of that man is peace." Psalm xxxvii. 25, 35 — 37. " Remember the days of old,... | |
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...day, a fearful day of sorrow and darkness will overtake them when they least expect it. " I have st.en the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like...bay tree. " Yet he passed away, and lo, he was not : I sought him, but he could not be found. " When the ungodly are green as the grass, and when nil... | |
 | Jared Bell Waterbury - 1838 - 222 pagine
...fares it then ? "I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay-tree. Yet he passed away, and lo, he was not : yea, I sought him, but he could not be found." How permanent is the basis of a Christian's joy ! Its roots are strongly imbedded like the cedar of... | |
 | 1838 - 1196 pagine
...way, And he shall exalt thec to inherit the land: When the wicked arc cut off, thou shall see it. 35 now like wool : He scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. 17 He casteth forth his ice 36 Yet he passedaway, and, lo, he mas not : Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. 37 Mark the... | |
 | Thomas Goyder - 1838 - 678 pagine
...bays, is, in poetical language, to be pre-eminent in excellence. In Psalm xxxvii. 35, it is said, " I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree." Here the apparent flourishing and power of the wicked are compared to the spreading of a bay tree,... | |
 | 1841
...to ensure a death of happiness and peace, and by no other means hath such an end been gained." " ' I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading...not ; yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.' ' How are they brought into desolation as in a moment ! they are suddenly consumed with terrors.' '... | |
 | John Struthers - 1839 - 266 pagine
...shall not be. I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay-tree ; yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not ; yea, I sought him, but he could not be found." Such are the comminations wliich hypocritical extortioners, and, in their own little way, remorseless... | |
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I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not; yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. 
