 | 1815 - 614 Seiten
...way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land : when the wicked are cut off, thou shall see it. 3d I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. 36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.... | |
 | Alexander Proudfit - 1815 - 420 Seiten
...secretly rests on their persons and pursuits. " I have seen the wicked in 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,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - 1816 - 572 Seiten
...those of whom the Psalmist speaks in the verses before the text : JT have seen the 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 :... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1817 - 412 Seiten
...the words of the royal Psalmist be applied to this portion of sacred history : / have seen 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... | |
 | Legh Richmond - 1817 - 806 Seiten
...of punishment with them. The Prophet David saith (Psalm xxxvii.), " I have seen the wicked strong, and spreading himself like a green bay-tree: yet he passed away, and, lo! he was gone; and I sought him, but he could not be found." His root was deep ; his stock strong; his branches... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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 after the wind 36 Yet he passed away, and lo, he «им not : yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. 37 Mark... | |
 | 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. 36. Yet... | |
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Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. 
