 | Edward Reynolds, Alexander Chalmers - 1826 - 570 pages
...distance between God and man in power and strength, he expresseth the baseness of man by his vanity : to be laid in the balance, " They are altogether lighter than vanity." • And surely if we weigh the soul of man, and all the creatures under the sun together, we shall... | |
 | 1826 - 1036 pages
...liiin at all limes; ve people, pour out your heart befoVe him : God ij a rcfugo for us. Selah. t 9 people of the children of Israel are more and mightier tha <vr a lie : to be laid in thelialance, they are altogether lighter than vanity, w 10 Trust not in oppression,... | |
 | James Wright - 1827 - 146 pages
...God. Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God (is) a refuge for us. Surely men of low degree (are) vanity, (and) men of...balance, they (are) altogether (lighter) than vanity." Ps. 62.—But there are ellipses in the sacred writings more striking than these: viz. as in the first... | |
 | 1827 - 842 pages
...Trust in him at all times ; ye people, pour out your heart before him : God is a refuge for us Selab. 9 avid with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon hi an a lie : to be laid in the balance, Ihey on altogether lighter than vanity. 10 Trust not in oppression,... | |
 | 1828 - 1042 pages
...your heart before him : God <: • a refuge for us. Selah. 9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, fun/ cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and th 10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery : if riches increase, set not your heart... | |
 | William Jay - 1828 - 408 pages
...only to depress. See what a precarious thing friendship is ! See what human helpers can do for you ! Men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie. Cease from man. IN ADVERSITY. whose breath is in his nostrils ; for wherein is he to be accounted of?... | |
 | William Dodd - 1828 - 522 pages
...God area broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. — Ps. li. 17. Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree a lie; to be laid in the balance they are altogether lighter than vanity. — Ps. Ixii. 9. cxlvi. 3,... | |
 | 1828 - 880 pages
...it a refuge for us. Selab. S Surely men of low degree ore vinjty, and men of high degree arealie : to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity. 10 Trust not in oppression, and becorns not vaia in robbery : if riches increase, set not your heart... | |
 | Isaac JAQUELOT - 1829 - 420 pages
...author of the sixty-second Psalm follows up the same idea most emphatically, in the following words : " Surely men of low degree are vanity ; and men of high...the balance they are altogether lighter than vanity f." If we admit, which I do not see how it is possible to avoid doing, that the ideas, which the sacred... | |
 | Holman Shephard - 1829 - 230 pages
...former is capable of receiving either wrath or mercy; the latter is able either to punish or to forgive. "Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high...balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity;" Ps. Ixii. 9. "All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing,... | |
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Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie : to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity. 
