 | Edward Irving - End of the world - 1828 - 820 pages
...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... | |
 | William Dodd - 1828 - 522 pages
...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... | |
 | 1828 - 852 pages
...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 ;... | |
 | Esther Copley - Animals in the Bible - 1828 - 464 pages
...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."... | |
 | Religion - 1828 - 852 pages
...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 ;... | |
 | Hosea Ballou - Atonement - 1828 - 252 pages
...thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be." Verse 36. " Yet he passed away, and he was not, yea I sought him, but he could not be found." If the wicked continue in sin as long as God exists, it appears to me to be improper to say, yet a... | |
 | Gardiner Spring - Christian life - 1829 - 144 pages
...world ; — behold these are the ungodly ', who are brought into desolation as in a moment ! — •/ have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading...not ; yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. ESSAY XVII. GROWTH IN GRACE. How beautiful is the light of the morning ! Behold it hovering over the... | |
 | William Jones (of Nayland.) - Sermons - 1829 - 654 pages
...he, "the ungodly in great prosperity, and flourishing like a green bay-tree." But then it follows, " yet he passed away, and lo, he was not; yea I sought him, but he could not be found." His life, though splendid and promising for a time, was short and transient. He seemed to himself to... | |
 | John Hill - 1829 - 108 pages
...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. i. 14.—I... | |
 | Bible - 1829 - 1012 pages
...way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land : when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay-tree. 36 Yet he passed away, and lo, he mas not : yea, 1 sought him, out he could not be found.... | |
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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... 
