 | Francis Gastrell - Bible - 1804 - 376 pages
...fubject to Vanity. u J would not live always, becauje my Days are Vanity. As a Servant earneilly defireth the Shadow, and as an Hireling looketh for the Reward of his Work ; Jo longeth my Soul for thee, O God, becaufe thy Loving- kindnefs is better than Life. p Pfal. 39.... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - American literature - 1806 - 796 pages
...With the waters divided the land, His ramparts of rocks round the continent hurl'd, And cradled the deep in his hand ? If man may transgress his eternal command, , And leap o'er the bounds of his birth To ravage the uttermost earth, And violate nations and realms that... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...not an appointed time to man •^ upon earth ? are not his days also like the days of an hireling ? 2 r o/'his work : 3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights arc appointed to me.... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - Bible - 1812 - 378 pages
...For the creature was made subject to vanity. (u) \ would not live always, because my days are vanity. As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work; 19 longeth my soul for thee, O God, because thy loving.kindness is better than l:fe. (f) Psal. .19.6.... | |
 | James Patriot Wilson - Hebrew language - 1812 - 288 pages
...upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling? 2 As a servant earnestly desiretli the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work; 3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. 4 When I lie... | |
 | Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 614 pages
...there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling ? 2 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward o/'his work : 3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.... | |
 | 1817 - 1082 pages
...appointed time to JL man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling? 2 As a servant f and Andrew Strahan : 3 So am I made to possess 'months of e Dent •- """ity, and wearisome nights are appoint«7;ch.... | |
 | Joseph Caryl - Bible - 1824 - 282 pages
...cannot ; though I take the liberty, in such language, to express my present uneasiness. " Verse 2. ' As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work.' " The shadow means that which is most refreshing and desirable to a labourer. The same word signifies... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1825 - 516 pages
...not an appointed time for man upon the earth ? are not his days also like the days of an hireling ? As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as...hireling looketh for the reward of his work : so am 1 made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed unto me. When I lie down I say,... | |
 | George Townsend - Bible - 1826 - 902 pages
...appointed time to man upon earth ? fan- are not his days also like the days of an hireling? • tMLgapetk 2 As a servant * earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work : 3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. ^ When I lie... | |
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When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. 
