 For a thousand years in thy sight Are but as yesterday when it is past, And as a watch in the night. Thou carriest them away as with a flood ; they are as a sleep : In the morning they are like grass which groweth up. In the morning it flourisheth, and...  Select specimens of English poetry - Page 337by Edward Hughes - 1856Full view - About this book
 | John Stedman - 1830 - 364 pages
...ninetieth Psalm, " Thou turnest man to destruction, and sayest, Return ye children of men. Thou earnest them away as with a flood ; they are as a sleep ;...morning they are like grass which groweth up. In the evening it is cut down and withereth. For all our days are passed away in thy wrath : we spend our... | |
 | 1830 - 108 pages
...a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, And as a watch in the night. 5. Thou carriest them away as with a flood ; they are...the morning they are like grass which groweth up. 5 6. In the morning it flourished], and groweth up ; In the evening it is cut down, and vvithereth.... | |
 | Edward Maltby (bp. of Durham.) - 1831 - 422 pages
...existence. Here then we feelingly assent to the truth of the observations, made by the holy Moralist ; " Thou carriest them away as with a flood ; they are...up ; in the evening it is cut down and withereth." b This comparison of the space of human life with the time, in which herbs of the field are permitted... | |
 | Sermons - 1833 - 652 pages
...similitude of the Psalmist,— " thou turnest man to destruction, and sayest, Return, ye children of men. Thou carriest them away as with a flood : they are...groweth up. In the morning it flourisheth and groweth— in the evening it is cut down and withereth." Yes, my brethren, how many are the dwellings around us,... | |
 | George Horne - Bible - 1833 - 438 pages
...looks back upon it, may appear only as three hours, or one quarter of the night. " 5. Thou earnest them away as with a flood ; they are as a sleep :...in the morning they are like grass which groweth up ; or, as grass that changeth. 6. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up ; in the evening it... | |
 | Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pages
...counsel 26 Put them in fear, O Lord: that the nations mayknowthemselves to be but men. 27 Thou earliest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep : in the morning they are like grass which groweth up : 28 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. SECTION... | |
 | Solomon Southwick - Apologetics - 1834 - 340 pages
...from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. Thou turnest man to destruction, and sayest, Return ye children of men. For a thousand years 'in thy sight...Thou carriest them away as with a flood: they are as asleep : In the morning they are like grass which groweth up. In the morning it flourisheth and groweth... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...everlasting to everasting', thou art God'. Thou turnest man to destruction'; and sayest', " Return', ye children of men'." For a thousand* years in thy...past', and as a watch in the night. Thou carriest men away as with a flood'. They are as a sleep : in the morning', they are like grass which groweth... | |
 | Solomon Southwick - Apologetics - 1834 - 336 pages
...from ever.lasting to everlasting, thou art God. Thou turnest man to destruction, and sayest, Return ye children of men. For a thousand years in thy sight...when it is past, and as a watch in the night. Thou earnest them away as with a flood : they are as asleep : In the morning they are like grass which groweth... | |
 | Bible - 1834 - 274 pages
...years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and at a watch in the night. Thou carries! them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep : in...are like grass which groweth up. In the morning it flourished, and groweth up ; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. For we are consumed by thine... | |
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