 | mrs Rueful (pseud.) - 1800 - 234 pages
...small boon being denied, they exclaim with one of old, " so am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. When I lie down, I say when shall I arise, and the night be gone ? I am full of tossings to and fro until the dawning of the day."—This being the precise state of... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work ; so am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. When I lie down,...of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken and become loathsome. My days are... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 504 pages
...and sorrow, and wearisome nights are appointed to me, whe n others have rest from their li4 boiim. When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the...of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day ; my nights are restless and uneasy, through pain 5 of body, or disquieting thoughts ; and no v>onder,for... | |
 | Bible - 1808 - 598 pages
...of the grinding is low. Among other bitternesses of life, Job mentions the want of rest and sleep. When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the...night be gone ? and I am full of tossings to and fro until the dawning of the day.11 And none feel the justness of this description more than the aged ;... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...o/'his work : 3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights arc appointed to me. 4 ebbins nighl be gone ? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. 5 My flesh is clothed... | |
 | Samuel Richardson - English fiction - 1811 - 442 pages
...of God do set themselves in array againt me. When 1 lie down, 1 say, When shall I arise ? When will the night be gone ? And I am full of tossings to and fro, unto the dawning of the day. My dai/s are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope — mine eye shall no more... | |
 | Isaac Watts - Future life - 1811 - 466 pages
...discover his sensations of the tiresome nature of pain ? "I am made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me: When I lie down I say, when shall I rise and the night be gone ? And I am full of tossing to and fro unto the dawning of the day," Job... | |
 | James Patriot Wilson - Hebrew language - 1812 - 288 pages
...of his work; 3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. 4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the...of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. 5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust: my skin is broken, and become loathsome. 6 My days... | |
 | Missions - 1825 - 618 pages
...his spirit, and he himself described his situation as resembling that of the desponding patriarch.* " When I lie down, I say, when shall I arise, and the night be gone TI am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day." The long continuance of such keen mental... | |
 | William Jay - Sermons - 1814 - 552 pages
...** I am made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome y " nights are appointed to me : when I He down I say, " when shall I arise, and the night be gone ? I am fulf " of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of day ; " my bed does not cbmfort me, nor my... | |
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So am I made to possess months of vanity, And wearisome nights are appointed to me. When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone ? And I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. 
