 | Robert Morehead - 1816 - 492 pages
...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 streicheth " out the heavens as a curtain, and spread" eth them out as a tent to dwell in :... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - Astronomy - 1817 - 294 pages
...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 heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in. Isa.... | |
 | Robert Ainslie - Apologetics - 1818 - 166 pages
...hollow of his hand ; who hath weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance. 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 epreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in ; that... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - 1818 - 624 pages
...all nations are as. nothing, and are counted to him lefs than nothing, and vanity ; — whojitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grafshoppers ; who Jlretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, andfpreadeth them out as a tent to dwell... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - Theology - 1818 - 616 pages
...whom all nations are as nothing, and are counted to him lefs than nothing, and vanity ; — whojitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grafskoppers ; who Jlretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, andfpreadeth them out as a tent to dwell... | |
 | 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 ;"... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
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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... 
