 | John Hey - Emotions - 1801 - 278 pages
...expressions; " Let not thine heart envy sinners"—"neither be thou envious against the evil-doers." —" I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked." See Prov. xxiii. IT. and Psaim xxxvii. 1, and Ixxiii. 3.—The man of a jealous turn is apt to fancy... | |
 | 1869
...awakest, Thou shalt despise their image. Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before Thee. Nevertheless I am continually with thee : Thou hast holden me by my right hand. Thou shalt guide me... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 504 pages
...grieved, and I was pricked in my reins ; / 22 TOO« distressed that I should ever entertain such doubts. So foolish [was] I, and ignorant : I was [as] a beast before thcf, trcause I did not use the reason thou hast given me. And this, felly 33 Лая been aggravated,... | |
 | John Macgowan - 1806 - 286 pages
...sense of sin, that he was always low and mean in his own esteem ; saying with some ancient worthies, " So foolish was I and ignorant, I was as a beast before thee : I am a worm, and no man ; a reproach of men ; and have not the understanding of a man." Contrary... | |
 | Samuel Stillman - Baptists - 1808 - 428 pages
...oppressed with complicated sorrows. This circumstance perplexed the psalmist extremely : hence he said, " I was envious at the foolish when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me ; until I went into the sanctuary of God; then... | |
 | Samuel Stillman - Baptists - 1808 - 426 pages
...oppressed with complicated sorrows. This circumstance perplexed the psalmist extremely : hence he said, " 1 was envious at the foolish when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me ; until I went into the sanctuary of God ; then... | |
 | Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 648 pages
...servants have likewise stumbled at this stone of offence : thus, the Psalmist, Ps. Ixxiii. 2, 3. da for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well...foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked: so, likewise, the Prophet Jeremiah, xii. 1. Righteous art than, 0 Lord, when I plead with thee; yet let... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1809 - 554 pages
...his own mind, from the consideration of the prosperity of wicked men. He tells us, ver. 2 and 3, " As for me, my feet were almost gone ; my steps had •well nigh slipt. For I was envious at the foolish, when 1 saw the prosperity of the wicked." In the 4th and following... | |
 | Robert Traill - Presbyterian Church - 1810 - 600 pages
...saints cannot know or discern it at present, but they are made to know it afterwards : Psal. Ixxiii. 2. But as for me, my feet -were almost gone: my steps had well-nigh slipt. Ver. 22. Sa foolish ivai I, and ignorant: J -was as a beait before thee. This is the... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 416 pages
...astonishing of all is their insensibility, even at the brink of hell, and just ready to be plunged into it: "I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. For there are no bands in their death; but their strength is firm," Psal. Ixxiii. 3, 4. and yet, "... | |
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But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped, for I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. So foolish was I and ignorant; I was as a beast before thee. 
