 | Joseph McKean - 1814 - 366 pages
...PSALM LXXIII. Repining Cured. TRULY God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. 2 But as for me, my feet •were almost gone ; my steps had well nigh slipped. 3 For I was envious at the foolish, when 1 saw the prosperity of the wicked. 5 They are not in trouble... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1842 - 502 pages
...with happiness, although such happiness is evidently of the grossest kind. Thus the Psalmist says, " I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. They are not in trouble as other men ; neither are they plagued like other men." — But what is the... | |
 | Jacob Kerr - Trials - 1814 - 424 pages
...of this business, and the manner in whieh it was treated by the synod, my faith was staggered—Bui as for me, my feet were almost gone, my steps had well nigh slipped. Psalm Ixxiii, 3^ I began to despair of justiee ever being done. I was ready to ery out in the language... | |
 | Thomas Ridgley - Presbyterianism - 1815 - 598 pages
...providence. Thus the Psalmist says ; But as fir me, my feet mere almost gone ; my steps had ivell nigh slipt. For I •was envious at the foolish, -when I saw the...are no bands in their death: but their strength is Jirm. They are not in trouble as other men ; neither are they plagued like other men, Psal. xxiii.... | |
 | 1815 - 512 pages
..." The spirit that is within us, leadeth to envy ;" and it was an eminently good man who confessed, "I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked !" But a serious consideration of this truth, will tend to check the risings of this evil disposition.... | |
 | Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 614 pages
...LXXII1. A Psalm of Asaph. 1 RULY God zsgood to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. 2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone ; my steps had well nigh slipped. 3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4 For there are no bands... | |
 | Jean Calvin - Reformed Church - 1816 - 606 pages
...are oppressed with ignominy, poverty, contempt, and distress of every kind. " My feet," says he, " were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped....foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked." (tf) At length he concludes his Account of them; •' When I thought to know this, it was too painful... | |
 | John Allen - 1816 - 726 pages
...1. Psalm Ixxiii. 2. 3« " As for me, ray feet were almost gone, my steps had veil nigh slipt; for 1 was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked." And for this he befooled himself, ver. 22. " So foolish was I, and ignorant; I was as a beast before... | |
 | Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - Theology - 1816 - 664 pages
...low and lifteth up. Surely I am a witness for God, that He will keep the feet of his saints ; for, as for me my feet were almost gone, my steps had well nigh slipt: but he led me with his hand, and quieted me in himself, The wicked may proudly boast, and the... | |
 | 1817 - 1082 pages
...||APsalmof«Asaph. rriRULY || God is good to Israel, even JL to such as are fof a clean heart. 3 But d him : and what shall I do now unto thee, my son ? 38 And Esau said S 'For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4 For there are no bands... | |
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Truly God is good to Israel, Even to such as are of a clean heart. 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. 
