| Martin Luther - 1826 - 600 strani
...every thing seems to be all flourishing with flowers, fruits, and odours. Hence the 37th Psalm says, " I ha.ve seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay-tree. I went by, and lo, he was gone; I sought him, but his place could not be found." Hence, when... | |
| 1827 - 1446 strani
...are cut off, strength failcth me: as for the tliou shalt see if. light of mine eyes, it also is 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. 36 Yet he passed away, and, In, he -¿-¡is not : yea, I sought gone from me. 11 My lovers and my friends... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1827 - 276 strani
...better to be a door-keeper in the house of the Lord, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. 14. I have seen the wicked in great power ; and spreading himself like a green bay-tree. Yet he passed away : I sought him, but he could not be found. 15. Happy is the man that findeth... | |
| Esther Copley - 1828 - 464 strani
...the psalmist describes the flourishing of the wicked as of short duration, and utter extinction. " 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."... | |
| 1828 - 852 strani
...evil things ; but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented." The Psalmist David in like manner had seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree ; in possession of the portion he had chosen, and appearing perhaps for a time satisfied with it ;... | |
| William Dodd - 1828 - 522 strani
...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 walkethin a vain show; surely... | |
| Edward Irving - 1828 - 820 strani
...come with utter and everlasting destruction : according as it is written, Psalm xxxvii. 35—37 ; " 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. Mark... | |
| 1828 - 852 strani
...evil things ; but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented." The Psalmist David in like manner had seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree ; in possession of the portion he had chosen, and appearing perhaps for a time satisfied with it ;... | |
| Gardiner Spring - 1829 - 144 strani
...world ; — behold these are the ungodly ', who are brought into desolation as in a moment ! — •/ 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. ESSAY XVII.... | |
| John Hill - 1829 - 108 strani
...sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness. 146lh Stanza. Psalm x.vx\ii. 35, 36.—I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passeth away, and, lo! he was not seen; yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. Eccles.... | |
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