Select Psalms in Verse, with Critical RemarksWalter Hutchinson Aston J. Hatchard, 1811 - 288 pages |
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... imagery . You will , from these circumstances , al- most conjecture that I am alluding to the nine- teenth psalm . The glory of God is demonstrated in his works both of nature and providence . By exhibiting it , however , in an entire ...
... imagery . You will , from these circumstances , al- most conjecture that I am alluding to the nine- teenth psalm . The glory of God is demonstrated in his works both of nature and providence . By exhibiting it , however , in an entire ...
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... the above are deficient in imagery , I must confess I have never met with any image so truly pleasing and delightful as the follow- ing description of the Deity in the character of a shepherd : 63 " The Lord is my shepherd , I shall 62 ...
... the above are deficient in imagery , I must confess I have never met with any image so truly pleasing and delightful as the follow- ing description of the Deity in the character of a shepherd : 63 " The Lord is my shepherd , I shall 62 ...
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... imagery in this psalm ; on the one hand , the open pastures , and the flow- ing rivulets , the recollection of which never fails to delight ; and , on the other hand , the cheerless and gloomy vallies , which inspire . the reader with ...
... imagery in this psalm ; on the one hand , the open pastures , and the flow- ing rivulets , the recollection of which never fails to delight ; and , on the other hand , the cheerless and gloomy vallies , which inspire . the reader with ...
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... imagery , or style of this composition , it will be found to possess a certain simple and unaffected ( and therefore admirable ) sublimity : " Lift up your heads , O ye gates ! " And be ye lift up , ye everlasting doors ! " And the king ...
... imagery , or style of this composition , it will be found to possess a certain simple and unaffected ( and therefore admirable ) sublimity : " Lift up your heads , O ye gates ! " And be ye lift up , ye everlasting doors ! " And the king ...
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... imagery of the poem , and I omit the rest , lest I should fatigue the reader by the minuteness of criticism , which is both useless and impertinent , when the subject wants no illus- tration . MICHAELIS . - In religious composition ...
... imagery of the poem , and I omit the rest , lest I should fatigue the reader by the minuteness of criticism , which is both useless and impertinent , when the subject wants no illus- tration . MICHAELIS . - In religious composition ...
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Page 148 - Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her ? The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
Page 83 - 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.
Page 144 - Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
Page 64 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks He shall attend, . And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 58 - Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets, in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 147 - Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours : and our enemies laugh among themselves. 7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine ; and we shall be saved. 8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt : thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
Page 198 - From all that dwell below the skies, Let the Creator's praise arise ; Let the Redeemer's name be sung, Through every land, by every tongue. 2. Eternal are thy mercies, Lord ; Eternal truth attends thy word : Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more.
Page 127 - Which they beheld, the Moon's resplendent globe, And starry Pole : Thou also mad'st the Night, Maker Omnipotent : and Thou the Day...
Page 50 - The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee, and were afraid ; the depths also were troubled.
Page 85 - AS the hart panteth after the water brooks, •** so panteth my soul after thee, O God. ' My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God : when shall I come and appear before God?