 | William Cobbett - 1801 - 594 sidor
...the lamentable catastrophe of Brown, without thinking on the words of Holy Writ ! — " I have " seen the .wicked in great power, and spreading himself...bay-tree. Yet he passed away ! and, lo! he was not: '.' yea, I sought him, but he could not be found." * Rush despises a knowledge of the learned languages... | |
 | Charles Rollin - 1803 - 472 sidor
...moment before seemed, like the cedar, to raise his proud head to the . skies. [7] I have seen the nicked 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. He is so completely annihilated, that the very place... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1805 - 380 sidor
...and which are many of them to be found in the writings of the psalmist ! 1 have seen the wicked in power, and spreading himself like a green bay-tree ; yet he passed away, and lo, he teas not : I sought him, but he could not be found. Surely men of high degree are a lie, to be laid... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 550 sidor
...comforted, and tlwu art tormented; Luke xvi. 25. The wicked man prospers : but, how long ? / have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like...and, lo, he was not : I sought him ; but he could nut be found ; Ps. xxsvii. 35, 36. The wicked prosper: — Alas, their welfare is their judgment !... | |
 | 1808 - 512 sidor
...the fleshly table of the heart, "I have 'seen the wicked in ; great power, and spreading hims«l£ like a green bay-tree. Yet he passed away, and lo, he was not ; yea, I suuglit him, but he could not be found." But what a sensibility is prod need by the loss of... | |
 | Walter Hutchinson Aston - 1811 - 324 sidor
...vanish, who a moment before seemed, like the cedar, to raise his proud head to the skies. "I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like...bay-tree : yet he passed away, and lo, he was not ; yea, I sought him, but he could not be found." He is so completely annihilated, that the very place,... | |
 | 1811 - 394 sidor
...him will remain on the marble; but nothing written on the fleshly table of the heart. " I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like...bay-tree. Yet he passed away, and lo, he was not; yea, I sought him, but he "could not be found." But what a sensibility is produced by the loss of an... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 512 sidor
...establishment, both from the harms and happiness of cithers, Psal. xxxvii. 35.— 37. ' I have seen the wicked in great power ; and spreading himself...green bay-tree. Yet he passed away, and lo, he was not ; yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright : for... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1812 - 378 sidor
...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 him, but he could not be found. Happy is the man that findeth wisdom. Length of days is in... | |
 | 1813 - 744 sidor
...frontiers, and what is become of him? Let us here cite the words of the Holy Psalmist— " I have seeu the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay-tree. " Yet be passed away, and, lo, lie was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found." PSALM x\\vii.... | |
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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. 
