 | Richard Hele - 1825 - 598 pages
...determined ; the number of his months are with Thee ; Thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass c. Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what is it ; that I may know how frail I am. Behold, Thou hast made my days as an handbreadth, and mine... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1825 - 572 pages
...also as a shadow, and continuethnot, liv. 1, Î. Behold, tliou hast made my days at an handbreath, and mine age is as nothing before thee : verily every man at hie beet state is altogether vanity. Selah , Peal, xxxix. 5. Remember how short my time is : wherefore... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 902 pages
...me. 3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned : then spake I with my tongue, 4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of...days, what it is; that I may know * how frail I am. 5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth ; i>ere. and mine age is as nothing before thee:... | |
 | 1826 - 938 pages
...these ! and how far wiser the man, who, considering his latter end, offers the Psalmist's prayer, " Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of...days, what it is ; that I may know how frail I am." (Ps. xxxix. 4.) But again, the man, who would rightly number his days, will be chiefly anxious to do... | |
 | Edward Reynolds (bp. of Norwich.) - 1826 - 980 pages
...their endeavours and prayers for the attainment of it. David prays thus: ' Lord, make me to know my end, and the measure of my days what it is: that I may know how frail I am.'k It is not to be understood as if he desired to know, in a literal sense, what year or day his... | |
 | 1826 - 1036 pages
...what it is ; thai I may know how frail 1 am. t Ь Behold, Ihou hast made my days as a handbrcadth ; and mine age is as nothing before thee : verily every man at his besi slate i» altosrethe'r vanily. Selah. £ 6 Surely every man walkelh in a vain shew i surely Ihey... | |
 | Eli Meeker - 1827 - 410 pages
...therefore, with much propriety be said, We are fearfully made. The Psalmist prays, O make me to know my end, and the measure of my days, what it is, that I may know how frail I am. Surely every man, at his best estate, is altogether vanity. The sacred volume, to express the vanity... | |
 | 1827 - 590 pages
...realizing view of the shortness and uncertainty of life. "Lord, make me to know mine end," says he, " and the measure of my days, what it is ; that I may know how frail I am." Brethren, may we feel the just force of the wishes here expressed ! May we so learn to " number our... | |
 | 1827 - 842 pages
...I was musing the fire burned : then spake I with my tongue, 4 LORD, make me to know mine end, an<i nd she dwelt upon the wall. 16 And she said unto them, Get you to th 6 Behold, thou hast made my days as an hand-breadth, and mine age is as nothing t>eibre thee : verily... | |
 | Roger Campbell - 1996 - 140 pages
...been most conscious of all the Old Testament writers about the need of using time wisely. He prayed, "Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of...how frail I am. Behold, Thou hast made my days as an handbreadth, and mine age is as nothing before Thee" (Ps. 39:4-5). He also saw the importance of... | |
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Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. 
