 | New Church gen. confer - 1864 - 598 pages
...eventually be destroyed, and this however strong the principle may be within us. Thus the psalmist says — "I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green tree growing in his own soil ; yet he passed away, and lo, he was not ; yea, I sought him, but he could... | |
 | Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 614 pages
...way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land : when the wicked are cut off, thou shall see it. 3d I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. 36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.... | |
 | John Langhorne - Sermons, English - 1815 - 304 pages
...in love and gratitude, knows no other anxiety, than what accompanies the agreeable desire to please. I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like the green bay ; but he passed away, and, lo ! he was not : I sought him, but /ue could not be found.... | |
 | Alexander Proudfit - Presbyterian Church - 1815 - 420 pages
...secretly rests on their persons and pursuits. " I have seen the wicked in great power," says David, " and spreading himself like a green bay-tree : yet he passed away, and \&, he was not, yea, I sought him but he could not be found ;" all his pomp and power suddenly evanish,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1816 - 328 pages
...is better to be a door keeper in the house of the Lord, "than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. I have seen the wicked in great power ; and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away; I sought. Jiim, but he could not be found. Happy is the man that findeth... | |
 | Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - Theology - 1816 - 572 pages
...those of whom the Psalmist speaks in the verses before the text : JT have seen the wicked, says he, in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay-tree. Yet he passed arvay ; and lo, he was not ! yea, I sought him ; but he could not be found. He shone as a meteor :... | |
 | Daniel de Superville - Sermons, English - 1816 - 436 pages
...like a dream, " as a shadow " that passeth away."* It appeared, and behold, it is no more. Man was " like a green bay-tree : yet " he passed away, and lo ! he was not. "I This "great image" "is fallen, is fallen;" and all the inhabitants of the earth have cause to "... | |
 | 1817 - 1082 pages
...in great "Joks-3power, and spreading himself like || a ]£}£*f "" green bay tree. jTL,"/. ,„ 36 a, "let there be 37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for Jthe end of that man « I'JJ''^1' '"' peace. 38... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1817 - 412 pages
...the words of the royal Psalmist be applied to this portion of sacred history : / have seen the nicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay-tree ; yet he passed away, and to, he was not : yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. Mark the perfect man, and behold the... | |
 | Legh Richmond - Suffering - 1817 - 806 pages
...of punishment with them. The Prophet David saith (Psalm xxxvii.), " I have seen the wicked strong, and spreading himself like a green bay-tree: yet he passed away, and, lo! he was gone; and I sought him, but he could not be found." His root was deep ; his stock strong; his branches... | |
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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. 
