 | Hugh Gaston - Bible - 1807 - 550 pages
...corrupt, the graves are ready for inc. Ps. xxxix. 4. Lord make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is, that I may know how frail I am. Ver. 5. Behold, thou hast made my days as an hand.breadxh, and nine age is as nothing before thee ;... | |
 | Jonathan Edmondson - 1808 - 328 pages
...contemplating endless duration, should compare this fleeting life 1o things of the shortest continuance. " Behold, thou hast made my days as an hand-breadth ; and mine age is as nothing before thee." This is a subject which every man should deeply ponder in his heart, that he may learn those lessons... | |
 | Samuel Fothergill - Sermons, English - 1808 - 230 pages
...heart was hot within me ; then fpake I with my tongue, Lord, make me to know my end, and the meafure of my days, what it is, that I may know how frail I am." * — O, that they would contemplate the great defign of Providence, with regard to their immortality,... | |
 | Charles Buck - Christian ethics - 1808 - 332 pages
...knowledge. Lift up your heart to heaven, and say, " Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is, that I may know how frail I am. So teach me to number my days, that I may apply my heart unto wisdom. Amen. "f CHAP. V. Zeal inculcated.... | |
 | 1808 - 290 pages
...Kindled, and forthwith utter'd I these words : ( Lord, let me know my end, and of my days The number, what it is, that I may know How frail I am.' Behold, my days are made As 't were an hand-breadth ; nothing is my age ; Man in his best estate is vanity.... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...mine end, and the measure of my days, what it ixf that I may know how fr^il I am. 5 Behold, thou hnst Selalu 6 Surely ever}' man walketh in a vain shew : surely they are disquieted in vain : he heapech... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - Congregational churches - 1809 - 432 pages
...our frailty. The same may be said, The Psalmist prays, " O make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is, that I may know how frail I am. Surely every man, at his best state, is altogether vanity." The scripture, to express the vanity and... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - Congregational churches - 1810 - 416 pages
...its shortness now ? David has chosen the best, " Thou hast made my days an handbreadth ; mine age is nothing before thee. Verily every man at his best state, is altogether vanity." Moses says, " The days of our years are threeacore years aind ten ; and if by reason of strength they... | |
 | Religion - 1811 - 706 pages
...and another generation will forget that we have been. Lord make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is ; that I may know how frail...every man at his best state, is altogether vanity. The life to which we fondly cling shall vanish in a moment, like the air which we expire ; and the... | |
 | Religion - 1811 - 708 pages
...generation will forget that we have been. Lord make me to know mint' end, and the measure of my daiis, what it is ; that I may know how frail I am. Behold...every man at his best state, is altogether vanity. The life to which we fondly cling shall vanish in a •moment, like the air which we expire; and the... | |
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LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is ; that I may know how frail I am. Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth ; and mine age is as nothing before thee : verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. 
