 | Alexander Proudfit - 1815 - 420 Seiten
...great power," says David, " and spreading himself like a green bay-tree : yet he passed away, and \&, he was not, yea, I sought him but he could not be found ;" all his pomp and power suddenly evanish, or as he expresses it in another verse, " into smoke they... | |
 | John Langhorne - 1815 - 304 Seiten
...in love and gratitude, knows no other anxiety, than what accompanies the agreeable desire to please. I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like the green bay ; but he passed away, and, lo ! he was not : I sought him, but /ue could not be found.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1816 - 328 Seiten
...is better to be a door keeper in the house of the Lord, "than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. I have seen the wicked in great power ; and spreading...himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away; I sought. Jiim, but he could not be found. Happy is the man that findeth wisdom. Length of days is... | |
 | Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - 1816 - 572 Seiten
...wicked, says he, in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay-tree. Yet he passed arvay ; and lo, he was not ! yea, I sought him ; but he could not be found. He shone as a meteor : he blazed like a comet in his day : but still he passed away ! he was gone like... | |
 | 1817 - 1082 Seiten
...in great "Joks-3power, and spreading himself like || a ]£}£*f "" green bay tree. jTL,"/. ,„ 36 a, "let there be 37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for Jthe end of that man « I'JJ''^1' '"' peace. 38... | |
 | 1817 - 482 Seiten
...its leaves. He could not have known that the Scriptures compare none but the wicked to this tree. ' I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree;' (Psalm xxxvii. 35.) for the destruction of all around him. It would better have suited the nature of... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1817 - 412 Seiten
...the nicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay-tree ; yet he passed away, and to, he was not : yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright : for the end of that man is peace. The transgressors... | |
 | 1861 - 814 Seiten
...disgrace, of the three nations." " I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself bike a green bay - tree. Yet he passed away, and lo he was not." On the morning of Monday the 2d of February Charles rose from his bed, his utterance indistinct, and... | |
 | 1818 - 948 Seiten
...laileth me : as for the light of mine eyes, it when the wicked arc cut off, thou •see it. shalt 35 s the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD KÏIS not in the wind: and afte bay-tree. 36 Yet he passed away, and lo, he «им not : yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.... | |
 | George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 550 Seiten
...For yet a little while, and he that " shall come, will come, and will not tarry." Heb. x. 35. 35. 1 have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay-tree, or, a native tree, which has grown from the seed without transplantation, in the same spot.... | |
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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. 
