| Bible - 1788 - 598 pages
...fhield, and be in whom I truft ; who fubdueth my people under me. 3 Lord, what is man, that thou takeft knowledge of him ? or the fon of man, that thou makeft account of him ? 4 Man is like to vanity : his dayc are as a fhadow that pafle;h away. 5 Bow thy heavens, O Lord,... | |
| Robert Walker, Hugh Blair - Presbyterian Church - 1796 - 472 pages
...his fallen and degraded ftate, he faith, ** Lord, what is man, " that thou takeft knowledge of hini ? or " the fon of man, that thou makeft account " of...is like to vanity : his days " are as a fhadow that paffeth away." This reftection arofe from the experience he had of God's unmerited . kindnefs to himfelf,... | |
| John Willison - 1799 - 586 pages
...There is a parallel text, Piul. cxliv. 3. " Lord, VoL. III. " LI what what is man, that them takefl knowledge of him ? Or the fon of man, that thou makeft account of him ?" What a poor little thing is man, that thou fhouldft make fo great account of him, put fuch refpefl... | |
| John Witherspoon, John Rodgers - Presbyterian Church - 1800 - 620 pages
...the "• fon of man, that thou vifiteft him ?" Pf. cxliv. 3. " Lord, " what is man, that thou takeft knowledge of him ? or the *' fon of man, that thou makeft account of him ?" Nay, as if this were a truth of the utmpft moment, we have it repeated a third time in almoft the... | |
| John Witherspoon, John Rodgers - Presbyterian Church - 1802 - 600 pages
..." the Ion of man, that thou vifiteft him :'' Pfal. cxliv. 3. " Lord, what is man, that thou takeft knowledge of him ? *' or the fon of man, that thou makeft account of him ?" Nay, as if this were a truth of the utmofl moment, we have it repeated a third time in ulmofl the... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 504 pages
...knowledge of him ! [or] the son of man, myself, once so mean and obicure a 4 fierson, that thou makest account of him ! Man is like to vanity : his days [are] as a shadow that passeth away ; continually moving along, and soon gone ; a cloud, or any intervening body... | |
| Presbyterian Church - 1806 - 650 pages
...cxliv. 3, 4. Lord, what is man, thai thou takest knowledge of Aim, or the son of man, that thou makes! account of him? Man is like to vanity; his days are as a shadow that jiasseth away. When the sernion was finished, he returned home as lively and well as he... | |
| William Bates - Justification (Christian theology) - 1815 - 406 pages
...upon us. " Lord, what is man that thou takest knowledge of him ? or the Son of man that thou makest account of him ? Man is like to vanity, his days are as a shaT dow that passeth away." Psal. 144. His being in this world hath nothing firm, or solid ; it is... | |
| William Bates - Presbyterianism - 1815 - 586 pages
...upon us. " Lord, what is man that thou takest knowledge of him ? or the Son of man that thou makest account of him ? Man is like to vanity, his days are as a shadow that passeth away." Psal. 144. His being in this world hath nothing firm, or solid; it is like... | |
| Samuel Lavington - 1815 - 640 pages
...Psalmist, '*' Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him ; or the son of man, that thou makest account of him! Man is like to vanity ; his days are as a shadow that passeth away." (Ps. cxiiv.) " Verily, every man, at his best estate, is altogether vanity."... | |
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