As for man, his days are as grass: As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; And the place thereof shall know it no more. Reports - Page 357by National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States, National council of the Congretional churches of the United States - 1915Full view - About this book
| 1823 - 154 pages
...the Psalmist teach the shortness and uncertainty of life ? For he kuoweth oiir frame : be rememberetb that we are dust. As for man, his days are as grass...he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. (103 P. 14, 15, 16.) 14. Does the Psalmist... | |
| William Banks - 1823 - 462 pages
...comparison is given with still greater beauty in the 103d Psalm: " As for man his days are as grass : as a flower of the field so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more." In the 55th chap, of Isaiah, we have the... | |
| Charles Brooks - 1823 - 226 pages
...are messengers sent for wise and good purposes ; and that like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him ; for he knoweth our frame, he remembereth that we are dust. From thy bounteous hand, O God, all our blessings descend, and every day we experience... | |
| Gerhard Friedrich A. Strauss - 1824 - 416 pages
...hath he removed our transgressions from us. As a father pitieth his children, So Jehovah pitieth those that fear him. For he knoweth our frame, He remembereth...he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; And the place thereof knoweth it no more. The mercy of Jehovah is from everlasting to... | |
| Ashbel Green - 1824 - 500 pages
...passed away as the swift ships, and as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. Man's days are as grass, as a flower of the field so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone, and the place thereof shall know it no more. Our life is even a vapour, that appeareth... | |
| Joseph Benson - 1824 - 216 pages
...and mine age is as nothing before thee." (Psal. xxxix. 5.) " As for man, his days are as grass ; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more." (Psal. ciii. 15, 16.) — " And full of... | |
| 1873 - 350 pages
...many of them. Sometimes I think of the words of the psalm, " Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him : for He knoweth our frame ; He remembereth that we are dust.' And then, you know, there are so many promises in the New Testament. And when I... | |
| John Locke - 1824 - 530 pages
...delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked. — Ps. xcvii. 1 0. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him : for he knoweth our frame, he remembereth that we are but dust. — Ps. ciii. 13, 14. The Lord hath chastened me sore : but he hath not given... | |
| Benjamin Beddome - 1824 - 366 pages
...gentle whisper and the secret groan with parental tenderness. "Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him ; for he knoweth our frame, he remembereth that we are dust" He also remembers their exercises of faith and love, the breathings of their souls... | |
| Sunday enjoyments - 1824 - 164 pages
...the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field.' — ' As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field so he flourisheth ; for the wind passeth over it, and it is gone, and the place thereof shall know it no more.' " " Mama," said Fanny, who had run up to... | |
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