| Isaac Barrow - 1831 - 538 pagina’s
...therefore greedily to covet or pursue : so the psalmist also reasons it : ' Surely every man,' saith he, ' walketh in a vain show ; surely they are disquieted in vain; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.' Men, in his account, that troubled themselves in accumulating wealth,... | |
| James Backhouse - 1831 - 400 pagina’s
...measure of my days, what it is ; that I may know how frail I am. Behold ! Thou hast made my days as a handbreadth, and mine age is as nothing before Thee : verily every man at his best estate is altogether vanity ! ' How profitable this musing is ! I wish we may be more and more drawn... | |
| Edward Maltby (bp. of Durham.) - 1831 - 422 pagina’s
...speeding to its original dust, bow in all lowliness of heart before its great Creator, and say ; " Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth, and mine age is even as nothing before Thee ; verily, every man at his best estate is altogether vanity"'? " ] Chron.... | |
| Charles Simeon - 1832 - 582 pagina’s
...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 hand-breadth...every man at his best state is altogether vanity. THERE is nothing more painful to a pious mind than to see how generally religion is neglected and despised.... | |
| Charles Jenkins - 1832 - 422 pagina’s
...experience : " Oh, all is a passing spectacle. All is an empty pageant. All is only a shifting scene." 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. In regard to the meaning of the term WORLD, as used by the apostle,... | |
| Richard Hele - 1832 - 402 pagina’s
...measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. Behold, Thou hast made my days as a handbreadth, and mine age is as nothing before Thee:...every man at his best state is altogether vanity'. For a thousand years in Thy sight are but as yesterday, seeing that is past as a watch in the night.... | |
| Manual - 1832 - 336 pagina’s
...and fallacious the pursuit is. The psalmist had, long before Christ's appearance, said truly, that " Every man walketh in a vain show ; surely they are disquieted in vain. He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them." (Ps. xxxix. 6.) And our Saviour, who took every opportunity (as... | |
| E. David Cronon - 1960 - 314 pagina’s
...REVERBERATIONS The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved; He uttered his voice, the earth melted. —Psalm 46 Verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity; Surely every man walketh in a vain show. — Psalm 39 * Even today it is probably easier to track down a yellowed stock certificate of the long-defunct... | |
| Roland Mushat Frye - 1978 - 644 pagina’s
...measure of my days, what it is; That I may know how frail I am. 5 Behold, thou hast made my days as a handbreadth; And mine age is as nothing before thee:...every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. 6 Surely every man walketh in a vain show: Surely they are disquieted in vain : He heapeth up... | |
| Zondervan - 1984 - 940 pagina’s
...make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. 5 nd thai he may be unto thee a God. as he hath said unto thee, i.\ as nothing beDelight in the will of the LORD fore thee: verily every man at his best state i'j... | |
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