 | Christian life - 1864 - 346 pages
...the world — " Behold, these are the ungodly, who are brought into desolation, as in a moment." " I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay-tree. Yet he passed away, and lo, he was not ; yea, I sought him, but he could not be found." "... | |
 | John Locke - Bible - 1824 - 522 pages
...young, and now am old, yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread, &c. I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay-tree ; yet he passed away. — Ps. xxxvii. 16. 25. 35, 36. Every man walketh in a vain show ; surely... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Oral reading - 1824 - 308 pages
...better to be a doer-keeper in the house of the Lord, than to dwell in !he tents of wickedness. 1 ir.ire seen the wicked in great power ; and spreading himself like a green bay-tree. Yet lie passed away : I sought him, but he could not be found. Happy is the man ttia' fin.loth... | |
 | George Paxton - 1825 - 598 pages
...hills, and under every green, or fresh and spreading tree."0 The Psalmist uses it in the same sense : " I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading...he was not ; yea I sought him, but he could not be found."p When the Psalmist observes, " I shall be anointed with green oil," (where the original word... | |
 | George Paxton - 1825 - 578 pages
...for its force and propriety : " I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself, li ke a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not ; yea, I sought him, but he could not be found."0 The reapers go to the field very early in the morning, and return home betimes in the afternoon.... | |
 | Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck - 1825 - 480 pages
...and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land : when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. 116 36. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not : yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. 37. Mark the perfect man and behold the upright : for the end of that man is peace. 38. But the transgressors... | |
 | Richard Cecil - Theology - 1825 - 436 pages
...text: 'I have seen the wicked,' says he, ' in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay-tree. Yet he passed away ; and lo, he was not ! yea, I sought him ; but he could not be found.' He shone as a meteor : he blazed like a comet in his day : but still he passed away! he was gone like... | |
 | Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825 - 1068 pages
...way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land : when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see //. 35 thee, when my heart is overwhelmed 36 Yet he passed away, and lo, he was not : yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. T«. 7. St$t—... | |
 | 1858 - 726 pages
...is the fury of the oppressor f What becomes of him and of his oppressions and threatenings ? Read, " I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading...but he could not be found," (Psal. xxxvii. 35, 36). Bat, we were asking, what is the present tendency of our trials, what the blessings which our enemies... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 pages
...see it. 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself 'J^e || a green bay tree. 36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. 37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace. • *°*wfc 39 But... | |
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I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. 
