 | 610 pages
...with lofty ideas of that Being who " spake and it was done, who commanded, and it stood fast." — "He sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; he stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in." " He is... | |
 | Theology - 1819 - 788 pages
...comfort, that, the Almighty is ' ' the high and lofty One that inhabitelli eternity:" though " He rideth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers;" though before Him " the nations are as a drop in the bucket, and the small dust of the balance;" yet... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 464 pages
...becomes foolish.' His transcendent eminence above all things is most nobly represented, when he ' sits upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers : all nations before him are as the drop of a bucket, and as the small dust of the balance : he takes... | |
 | 1819 - 774 pages
...comfort, that, the Almighty is " the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity:" though '" He rideth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ;" though before Him " the nations are as a drop in the bucket, and the small dust of the balance ;"... | |
 | sir Adam Gordon (bart.) - 1819 - 440 pages
...the beginning ? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth ? It is He that sitteth in the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers. It is He that stretcheth forth the heavens as a curtain, that bringeth the princes to nothing, and... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1819 - 448 pages
...amidst the immensity of his works. In the boundless subject the soul is lost. It is he who sitteth on the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers. He weigheth the mountains in scales. He taketh up the isles as a very little thing. Lord, what is man... | |
 | Philadelphia Sunday and Adult School Union - 1822 - 156 pages
...AH nations before him are as nothing ; and .they are counted to him less than nothing. and vanity. It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in. '.. Q.... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - Presbyterian Church - 1822 - 398 pages
...earth in a- measure, and weighed the mountains in a scale, and the hills in a balance. Isa. xl. 12. It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heaven as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in. Isa. xl.... | |
 | Arminianism - 1840 - 1122 pages
...captive of the mighty rlmll be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered." Yea, " He that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that strctcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in," He hath... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...becomes foolish.' His transcendent eminence above all things is most nobly represented, when he ' sits upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers : all nations before him are as the drop of a bucket, and as the small dust of the balance: he takes... | |
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It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges... 
