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. Surely every man walketh in a vain shew : Surely they are disquieted in vain : He heapeth up riches, and... The Twentieth Century - Page 5371878Full view - About this book
| William Mason - 1765 - 522 pages
...state with gratitude ; look forward with hope ; " walk worthy of the Lord," Col. i. 10. MARCH 14— And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee. — Psalm xxxix. 7. What a blessing is inward composure of mind ! How delightful an exercise is waiting... | |
| 1788 - 598 pages
...furely they are difquieted in vain : he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who fhall gather them. 7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee. 8' Deliver me from all my tranfgreffions, make me not the reproach of the foolifh. 9 I was dumb, I... | |
| Robert Leighton (abp. of Glasgow.) - 1798 - 500 pages
...the fooner the better, for to fuch perfons it feems rather to go too flow. <~^ LECTURE IV. Ver. 7. And now, Lord, what wait I for ? my hope is in thee. "\ TO entertain the minds of men with thoughts of their own vanity, and difcourfes of their own mifery,... | |
| John Willison - 1798 - 644 pages
...die is gain. Having a defire to depart and to be with Chrift, which is far better, Phil. i. 21, 23. And now, Lord, what wait I for ? My hope is in thee, Pfal. xxxix. 7. My beloved is mine, and I am his. His left hand is under my head, and his right hand... | |
| Robert Leighton, George Jerment - 1805 - 504 pages
...not on thern as such is a. fool. LECTURE III. Ver. 6. Surely every man walks in a vain shew ; surety they are disquieted in vain : he heapeth up riches,* and knoweth not who shall gather them. THERE is a part of our hand-breadth past since we last left this place, and, as we are saying this,... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 504 pages
...a shadow ; »urely they are disquieted in vain ; ihr things he hurries himself about are empty and vain ; he heapeth up [riches.] and knoweth not who shall gather them. The inference from hence is just and 7 devout. And now, LORD, what wait I for Í my hope [is] in thee... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 506 pages
...up [riches,] and knowexh not who shall gather them. The inference from hence is just and T devout. And now, LORD, what wait I for ? my hope [is] in thee ; «inee life is so short, and worldly enjoyments are so vain, I will not disquiet myself about them,... | |
| 1809 - 556 pages
...thinks, in his greatness, it is certain he is mere emptiness and vanity. Ver. 6. Surely every man walketb in a vain shew : surely they are disquieted in vain : he heapeth up riches, and knoireth not who shall gather them.'] What aiv imaginary thing, then, is the life of man ! who promises... | |
| 1809 - 1150 pages
...nothing before thee : verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selalu 6 Surely ever}' ȄG G heapech up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather tliem. 7 And now, LORD, what wait I for? my hope... | |
| Charles Drelincourt - 1810 - 614 pages
...vanity and evil the royal prophet complains, Psa. xxxix. " Surely every man walketh in a vain show ; surely they are disquieted in vain ; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them." 18. Consider well, Christian people, the dangerous effects wrought in us by the love of the world,... | |
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