 | Jared Bell Waterbury - 1839 - 168 strani
...appearances of beauty; but when the storm rises, and mingling elements are invading it, how fares it then ? "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," Psa.... | |
 | George Mogridge - 1840 - 136 strani
...lips to be followers of the Redeemer, yet deny him by their lives. In the 37th Psalm it is written, " 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. Whether the... | |
 | Harry Jelly - 1840 - 424 strani
...field. It is aptly represented by the language of the psalmist, when speaking of the evil-doer ; " 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."* Like the... | |
 | 1840 - 322 strani
...way', And he shall exalt thee to inherit the land*; When the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. 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... | |
 | George Rogers - 1840 - 410 strani
...bows shall be broken. A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. 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."... | |
 | 1840 - 498 strani
...be left upon it; but the transgressors shall perish from off the face of it." ' And again he saith, "I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like the cedars of Libanus. I passed by, and lo, he was not; I sought his place, but it could not be found.... | |
 | Thomas Stearns Eliot - 1996 - 476 strani
...5:3: 'I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly 1 cursed his habitation'; and Psalm 37:35-6: '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' ('suddenly dissolve and fall away'?, 38). The repetition of... | |
 | Alicia Ostriker - 1994 - 284 strani
...soldiers — the poor, the discontented, the distressed. It is now for these that he composes his psalms. I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. So sings David, accompanied by his troops. Make a joyful noise unto God, O ye lands. Light from their... | |
 | S. W. Fallon - 1998 - 336 strani
...urine 1 Haldl men harkat, haräm men barkat. [wicked. Sorrows to the upright and blessings to the ( I have seen the wicked in great power and spreading himself like a green bay tree, yet he pa-sed, and lo, he was not. Pialmi xixvii, 55. 56.) Halaq ka na tâlu kâ, yeh mal AfiyàA Lâlu... | |
 | William Harmon - 1998 - 386 strani
...which could naturally be green, some readers may hear an echo of the green bay tree in Psalms 37:35: "I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree." Grave men: The adjective grave that means serious comes from the Latin gravis, "heavy"; the noun "grave"... | |
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Yet he passed away, and lo, he was not; Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. 
