A commentary on the Book of psalms. ed. by C. Bradley, Volume 2Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1848 - Bible |
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... Psalmist now relates the process of his meditations , and of that controversy which arose in his heart between faith and distrust . While he viewed the distressful scene around him , he found himself strongly tempted to question God's ...
... Psalmist now relates the process of his meditations , and of that controversy which arose in his heart between faith and distrust . While he viewed the distressful scene around him , he found himself strongly tempted to question God's ...
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... Psalmist , instead of brooding any longer over the calamities of his own time , resolves to turn his thoughts towards the Divine dispensations of old ; to meditate on God's former works and wonders ; his works of justice and mercy , of ...
... Psalmist , instead of brooding any longer over the calamities of his own time , resolves to turn his thoughts towards the Divine dispensations of old ; to meditate on God's former works and wonders ; his works of justice and mercy , of ...
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... Psalmist opens his commission , and speaks , as one having authority from above to instruct the world . He demands a large and at- tentive audience , while , by a series of examples , he sets forth the goodness of God , and the ingra ...
... Psalmist opens his commission , and speaks , as one having authority from above to instruct the world . He demands a large and at- tentive audience , while , by a series of examples , he sets forth the goodness of God , and the ingra ...
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... Psalmist , do from age to age , " show the praises of the Lord , " our Saviour , " and his strength , and his wondrous works that he hath done " for us , as He promised and foreshadowed in his dispensations of old time . The glorious ...
... Psalmist , do from age to age , " show the praises of the Lord , " our Saviour , " and his strength , and his wondrous works that he hath done " for us , as He promised and foreshadowed in his dispensations of old time . The glorious ...
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... Psalmist here asks , concerning Israel in the wilderness , is elsewhere asked by him concerning mankind in general : " Who can tell how oft he offendeth ? " Ps . xix . 12 . God informs Moses , who had interceded for the people , and ...
... Psalmist here asks , concerning Israel in the wilderness , is elsewhere asked by him concerning mankind in general : " Who can tell how oft he offendeth ? " Ps . xix . 12 . God informs Moses , who had interceded for the people , and ...
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Page 191 - Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. 30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
Page 131 - He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
Page 121 - Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. 15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
Page 47 - Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. 10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. 11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
Page 363 - Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
Page 129 - The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice ; the floods lift up their waves. The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
Page 259 - See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven...
Page 448 - Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
Page 199 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord: and they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.
Page 131 - And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.