 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: that bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges...  The Christian Observer - Page 1481815Full view - About this book
 | Philip Doddridge - 1803 - 676 pages
...ear, but now mine eye seelh thee\ : I see the eternal, self-existent, self-sufficient God, who sits upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; who spreadeth out the heavens as a tent to dwell in, and looks down on the nations as the drop of... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - 1803 - 666 pages
...ear, but now mine eye seeth thee^ : I see the eternal, self-existent, self-sufficient God, who sits upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; who spreadcth out the heavens as a tent to dwell in, and looks down on the nations as the drop of... | |
 | Benjamin Jenks - 1803 - 382 pages
...Humility. OMO^T, High God, infinitely glorious above all our expressions or our thoughts! Thou sjttest on the Circle of the earth,, and the inhabitants thereof are as -grasshoppers.; yea,, before thee, all nations $rre .a^no.thingj and counted to . thee less .than nothing and vanity.... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...vanity. To whom then will ye liken God ? or what likeness will ye compare uuto him? It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers -T that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, that spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in : that,... | |
 | John Mitchell - 1805 - 260 pages
...altogether immaculate, yet most propitious to sinful man. Let us hear her delineations. " He sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grashoppers before him: he stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadcth them out as a tent... | |
 | Elizabeth Hamilton - 1806 - 292 pages
...beginning ? " Have ye not understood from the " foundations of the earth ? It is " HE that sitteth upon the circle " of the earth, and the inhabitants " thereof are as grasshoppers ; that "stretcheth out the heavens as a " curtain, ,. and spreadeth them out " as a tent to dwell in... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1806 - 406 pages
...the earth in a measure. He iveigheth the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance. He sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers. Behold all nations, are as a drop of a bucket and are counted as the small dust of the balance. All... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 554 pages
...become* foolish." His transcendent eminence above all things is most nobly represented, when he " sits upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers : AH nations before him are as the drop of a bucket, and as the small dust of the balance : He takes... | |
 | John Dick - 1811 - 302 pages
...him are as nothing, and they are counted to him less than nothing and vanity. It is he that sittefa upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out tl'ie heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in ; that... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1812 - 378 pages
...nations are idols 5 but the Lord made the heavens. (m) God is greater than man. It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers. («) Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance... | |
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