 | 1840 - 498 Seiten
...be left upon it; but the transgressors shall perish from off the face of it." ' And again he saith, "I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like the cedars of Libanus. I passed by, and lo, he was not; I sought his place, but it could not be found.... | |
 | 1841 - 848 Seiten
...end." " The wicked are driven away in their wickedness ; but the righteous hath hope in his death." " I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading...baytree : yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not ; SEBIES. VOL. III. yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. Mark the perfect man, and behold... | |
 | 1881 - 510 Seiten
...she interpreted as a hardened indifference ; whilst his happiness in his private life reminded her of the " wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay-tree." But time goes on, and everything is short that it can measure. Joseph Eliot's life had been a long... | |
 | William Dodd - 1842 - 546 Seiten
...young, and now am old, yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread, &c. I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay-tree ; yet he passed awav. — Ps. xxxvii. 16. 25. 35, 36. Every man walketh in a vain show; surely they are disquieted... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 696 Seiten
...way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land : when the wicked are cut off, thou shall see it. 35 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. 37 Mark... | |
 | General Convention of the New Jerusalem in the United States of America - 1842 - 408 Seiten
...in|herit the land: When the wicked are | cut off, thou shalt see it. SELECTION 243. [Ps. xxxvii. 35.] 1. I have seen the wicked | in great power, And spreading himself | like a green bay tree. 2. Yet he passed away, and, | lo, he was not ! Yea, I sought him, but | he could not be found... | |
 | Caroline Fry Wilson - 1842 - 286 Seiten
...and sense : without some such checks, one short sentence would comprise the history of all mankind. " I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like the green bay-tree. Yet he passed away, and lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be... | |
 | Allan A. Swenson - 1995 - 252 Seiten
..."The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars; yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon." Psalms 29:5 "I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree." Psalms 37:35 In the earliest days of the Bible, the Promised Land was a land alive with... | |
 | Alicia Ostriker - 1994 - 284 Seiten
...soldiers — the poor, the discontented, the distressed. It is now for these that he composes his psalms. I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. So sings David, accompanied by his troops. Make a joyful noise unto God, O ye lands. Light... | |
 | Thomas Stearns Eliot - 1996 - 476 Seiten
...5:3: 'I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly 1 cursed his habitation'; and Psalm 37:35-6: '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' ('suddenly dissolve and fall away'?, 38). The repetition... | |
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Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. 
