 | William Giles - 1804 - 280 sider
.....1^.; Who can for a moment contemplate this wonderful intelligence, and not exclaim with the devout psalmist, Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge...or the son of man, that thou makest account of him! Herein is love, says an apostle, not that we Joved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be... | |
 | Matthew Henry - 1805 - 192 sider
...make no resistance against the pursuing wind. And the psalmist, speaking of man in general, says, " What is man that thou takest knowledge of him, or the son of man that thou makest account of him." And elsewhere it is said, " What is man that thou shouldst magnify him, or that thou shouldst set thine... | |
 | Alexander Geddes - 1807 - 290 sider
...my deliverer ; my shield, and he in whom I trust ; who subdueth my people under me. 3 JEHOVAH, \vhat is man, that thou takest knowledge of him ! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him ! •4 Man is like to vanity : his days are as a shadow that passeth away. "> Bow thy heavens, O JEHOVAH,... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 sider
...O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy and for thy truths sake. cxliv. 3. Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him, or the Son of man that thou miikest account of him ? Ver. 4. Man is like unto vanity. M«!< vili. 8. The centurion said... | |
 | Timothy Kenrick - 1807 - 684 sider
...of man, with the Hebrews, often denote a man of low condition. Thus the Psalmist (cxliv. 3.) says, " Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him, or the son of man, that thou takest account of him?" where he designs to represent the meanness and wretchedness of the... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1808 - 626 sider
...of * Your Lordship's truly and sincerely devoted in all observance, JOSEPH EXON. PSALM Cxliv. 3, 4. Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him...or the son of man, that thou makest account of him ? Man ù like unto vanity, KcText, and so my Sermon too, is the just Character of Man. '.'A common... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 sider
...my deliverer ; my shield, and he in whom I trust ; who subdueth my people under me. 3 LORD, what ix joice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit CHAP. V. 1 Vanities in divi ! 4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passcth away. 5 Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and... | |
 | William Warburton, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 412 sider
...to be nothing but a mere human imposition. SERMON II. GOD'S MORAL GOVERNMENT. PSALM, cxliv. ver. 3. LORD, WHAT IS MAN, THAT THOU TAKEST KNOWLEDGE OF HIM...OR THE SON OF MAN, THAT THOU MAKEST ACCOUNT OF HIM? THUS the holy Prophet, seized with a sacred horror at an UNIVERSE stretched out through the immensity... | |
 | John Wesley - 1811 - 454 sider
...is perhaps more proper than the old, that which we have in the Common Prayer Book. It runs thus, " Lord, what is man, -that thou takest knowledge of...or the son of man ; that thou makest account of him ?" According to the former translation, David seems to be amazed that the eternal God, considering... | |
 | John Wesley - 1811 - 516 sider
...nought; his time passeth away like a shadow !" In the new translation the words are stronger still : " What is man that thou takest knowledge of him ? Or the son of man, that thou makest account of him ?" Here the Psalmist seems to consider the life of man as a moment, a nothing, compared to eternity.... | |
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Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him! 4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away. 
