 As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth : For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more.  Essays for Summer Hours - Page 152by Charles Lanman - 1842 - 250 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Visitation of the sick Order for the - 1824 - 132 pages
...For he knoweth our frame ; he remembereth that we are dust. As for man, his days are as grass : as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more. But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting... | |
 | Ashbel Green - 1824 - 500 pages
...passed away as the swift ships, and as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. Man's days are as grass, as a flower of the field so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone, and the place thereof shall know it no more. Our life is even a vapour, that appeareth... | |
 | 1839 - 248 pages
...his pillow, and he went off like an infant going to sleep. " As for man his days are as grass : as a flower of the field so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more," Psa. ciii. 15, 16. Butcher Hancocks was... | |
 | Sunday enjoyments - 1824 - 164 pages
...the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field.' — ' As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field so he flourisheth ; for the wind passeth over it, and it is gone, and the place thereof shall know it no more.' " " Mama," said Fanny, who had run up to... | |
 | Joseph Benson - 1824 - 216 pages
...and mine age is as nothing before thee." (Psal. xxxix. 5.) " As for man, his days are as grass ; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more." (Psal. ciii. 15, 16.) — " And full of... | |
 | Robert Leighton, John Norman Pearson - 1825 - 556 pages
...wind that passeth and cometh not again. So Psal. ciii. 15. As for man, his days are as grass, as a flower of the field so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it and it is gone, and the place thereof shall know it no more. This natural life is compared, even by natural... | |
 | Pendlebury Houghton - 1825 - 322 pages
...and resources of our own minds, are so utterly inadequate. "Ad for man, his. days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth : for the wind passeth over it, and it is gone — but the mercy of the Lord, is, from everlasting to everlasting, upon them that fear... | |
 | Robert Leighton (Abp. of Glasgow), John Norman Pearson - 1825 - 554 pages
...wind that passeth and cometh not again. So Psal. ciii. 15. As for man, his days are as grass, as a flower of the field so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it and it is gone, and the place thereof shall know it no more. This natural life is compared, even by natural... | |
 | Cottage - 1825 - 164 pages
...in loneliness from the stem. Sad similitude of humanity ! ' As for man, his days are as grass : as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth ; for the wind passeth over it and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.' * When youth is joyous, and its pleasant... | |
 | John Hewlett - 1825 - 516 pages
...gathered unto our fathers." — The proudest mortal may say, " the grave is my house" — " as the flower of the field so he flourisheth, for the wind passeth over it, and it is gone." But, as it is appointed for men once to die, so also after death we must believe there... | |
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