Popular Commentary of the Bible: The poetical and the prophetical booksConcordia Publishing House, 1924 |
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Page 13
... eyes cannot see the great and mighty God , his spirit perceives His nearness , as He sweeps by like a destructive wind be- fore which no man can stand . V. 12. Behold , He taketh away , snatching away His victim and all the spoil He ...
... eyes cannot see the great and mighty God , his spirit perceives His nearness , as He sweeps by like a destructive wind be- fore which no man can stand . V. 12. Behold , He taketh away , snatching away His victim and all the spoil He ...
Page 16
... eyes , Job maintained his purity even over against God . V. 5. But oh , that God would speak and open His lips against thee , since such an action would put an imme- diate end to Job's boasting , as Zophar con- fidently believed ; v . 6 ...
... eyes , Job maintained his purity even over against God . V. 5. But oh , that God would speak and open His lips against thee , since such an action would put an imme- diate end to Job's boasting , as Zophar con- fidently believed ; v . 6 ...
Page 24
... eye continue in their provocation ? The eyes of Job were obliged to rest , to dwell , on their quarreling , on their contentions , a fact which increased his misery . V. 3. Lay down now , Job pleads with God to furnish him a pledge , or ...
... eye continue in their provocation ? The eyes of Job were obliged to rest , to dwell , on their quarreling , on their contentions , a fact which increased his misery . V. 3. Lay down now , Job pleads with God to furnish him a pledge , or ...
Page 30
... eyes , all this in contrast with Job's having been be- reaved of all his children . V. 9. Their houses are safe from fear , literally , " peace from fear , " peace lives in them , and they are far removed from fear , neither is the rod ...
... eyes , all this in contrast with Job's having been be- reaved of all his children . V. 9. Their houses are safe from fear , literally , " peace from fear , " peace lives in them , and they are far removed from fear , neither is the rod ...
Page 36
... eye , and destruction , the abyss of hell , hath no cov- ering , all its wasting horrors are open before the eyes of God . V. 7. He stretcheth out the north over the empty place , the northern half of the vault of heaven being compared ...
... eye , and destruction , the abyss of hell , hath no cov- ering , all its wasting horrors are open before the eyes of God . V. 7. He stretcheth out the north over the empty place , the northern half of the vault of heaven being compared ...
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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.