Popular Commentary of the Bible: The poetical and the prophetical booksConcordia Publishing House, 1924 |
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... Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue , from all slander and reviling , which would not be able to detract from his good name , Ps . 31 , 20 ; Jer . 18 , 18 ; neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh , no ...
... Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue , from all slander and reviling , which would not be able to detract from his good name , Ps . 31 , 20 ; Jer . 18 , 18 ; neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh , no ...
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... Thou shouldest magnify him , and that Thou shouldest set Thine heart - upon him , the bitter irony of this passage consists in Job's asking why the great and majestic God should single out him , insignifi- cant as he was , for the ...
... Thou shouldest magnify him , and that Thou shouldest set Thine heart - upon him , the bitter irony of this passage consists in Job's asking why the great and majestic God should single out him , insignifi- cant as he was , for the ...
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... Thou wilt not hold me innocent , that God would not declare him guiltless . V. 29. If I be wicked , rather , " I am to be guilty , " declared to be wicked by the decree of God , why , then , labor I in vain ? It was a useless endeavor ...
... Thou wilt not hold me innocent , that God would not declare him guiltless . V. 29. If I be wicked , rather , " I am to be guilty , " declared to be wicked by the decree of God , why , then , labor I in vain ? It was a useless endeavor ...
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... Thou dost destroy me ! exclamation of reproachful amazement . Remember , I beseech thee , that Thou hast made me as the clay , as a potter fashions a vessel out of clay ; and wilt Thou bring me into dust again ? Out of dust was man ...
... Thou dost destroy me ! exclamation of reproachful amazement . Remember , I beseech thee , that Thou hast made me as the clay , as a potter fashions a vessel out of clay ; and wilt Thou bring me into dust again ? Out of dust was man ...
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... thou by searching find out God , reaching the bottom of the mystery of God's wonderful essence ? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection , penetrating to the uttermost parts of the divine nature ? " The nature of God may be ...
... thou by searching find out God , reaching the bottom of the mystery of God's wonderful essence ? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection , penetrating to the uttermost parts of the divine nature ? " The nature of God may be ...
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Page 312 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds: I will be like the most High.
Page 372 - For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Page 181 - For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
Page 61 - Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Page 20 - As the waters fail from the sea, And the flood decayeth and drieth up : So man lieth down, and riseth not. Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be raised out of their sleep.
Page 415 - Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.
Page 352 - Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
Page 210 - He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Page 148 - I will hear what God the Lord will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
Page 355 - He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench : he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth : and the isles shall wait for his law.