 Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity.  The Remembrancer. [6th] - Sida 251869Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Isaac Barrow - 1712 - 186 sidor
...(itfeems} in Pfi.. 39. 4. ftnfe to this here ; Lore/, prays he, Make me to know my end^ and the me af it re of my days> what it is, that I may know how frail I am : Concerning the drift of which place, as well as of this here, it were obvious to conceive, that both... | |
 | Edward Harley - 1735 - 798 sidor
...to HOA.R HAIRS will I carry you : mine End, and the Meafure r have ™ Ae - and l - wU -' ***** cvea of my Days, what it is, that I may know how (#) frail I am. Behold, thou haft made my Days as an Hand breadth, and mine Age is as nothing before thee : Verily, every Man, at... | |
 | William Sherlock - 1751 - 326 sidor
...Life ever fince; which is fo very fhort, that David might well fay, Behold thou haft made my days as a handbreadth, and mine age is as nothing before thee : verily every man at his bcJi eflate is altogether •vanity. Pfal. xxxix. 5. I mail not fcrupuloufly enquire into th« Reafon... | |
 | Benjamin Whichcote - 1751 - 418 sidor
...jhadow, and there is none abiding. Pfal. xxxix. 4. 5, 6. Lord make me to know mine end ; and the meafiire of my days what it is : that I may know how frail I am. Beholdi thou haft made my days as an hand-breadth, and mine age is as nothing before thee : verily... | |
 | William Braikenridge - 1764 - 378 sidor
...II. On the Shortnefs of Human Life. PSAL. xxxix. 5. Behold, thou haft made my days as an handbreadrh, and mine age is as nothing before thee : verily every man at his bejiftate is altogether vanity. AMI DST ail the chearfulnefs, which s ER M. our prefent enjoyments... | |
 | Samuel Hoole - 1786 - 348 sidor
...VI1forcible apoftrophe, to the Author of his being : Lord, make me to know mine end, and the meafure of my days what it is ; that I may know how frail I am ! which immediately introduces the exclamation that hath been chofen for the prefent fubjedt of our... | |
 | Society of friends - 1788 - 430 sidor
...concerned to revive thefe exprefilons of the Pfalmift, " Lord, make me to know mine end, " and the meafure of my days, what it is, that " I may know how frail I am: behold thou " haft made my days as an hand's breadth, and " mine age is as nothing before thee." Which {he enlarged... | |
 | 1788 - 598 sidor
...mufing the fire burned: then fpake I with rny tongue. 4 Lord, make me to know mine end, and the meafure of my days, what it is -.'-that I may know how frail I am. 1 5 Behold, thou haft made my days as an hand breadth : and mine age is as nothing before thee : verily... | |
 | 1810 - 582 sidor
...days- This measure, this short dttrution, he seems to allude to in the following verse : • — ( Behold, thou hast made my days as an hand-breadth, and mine age is as nothing "before thee !' It becomes us often to consider how near we are to the end of life. The measure of our days is determined... | |
 | Robert Leighton (abp. of Glasgow.) - 1798 - 500 sidor
...ftrong confolation. Ver. 4. Now David's requeft is, Lord, make me t* know mine end, and the meafure of my days± what it is ; that I may know how frail I am,] In which he does not defire a refponfe from God, about the day of his death, but inftruction concerning... | |
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