 They spend their days in wealth, And in a moment go down to the grave. Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us ; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray...  The Christian Disciple - Side 111813Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Alexander Viets Griswold - 1830 - 492 sider
...providence. " Therefore, they say unto God, depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty that we should serve him, and what profit should we have if we pray unto him?" " Are we not as healthy and strong, as prosperous and happy in... | |
 | John Gregory Pike - 1839 - 264 sider
...vanities in preference to the favour and service of God, they, in fact, utter the dreadful sentence, "What is the Almighty that we should serve him, and what profit should we have if we pray unto him ?" The apostle Paul, in giving the darkest touch to this dreadful... | |
 | Robert Vaughan - 1832 - 450 sider
...the grave. THEREFORE they say unto God, Depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty that we should serve him ? And what profit should we have if we pray unto him ? The case of Nebuchadnezzar will both illustrate and confirm this... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1832 - 582 sider
..." We are Lords ; we will come no more to theep :" " Our lips are our own; who is Lord over usq?" " What is the Almighty, that we should serve him ? and what profit is there, that we should pray unto him r ? " It even denies the very existence of God : " The fool... | |
 | John Henry Hobart (bp. of New York.) - 1832 - 568 sider
...profusion, were spread before him ; we are tempted to exclaim, in the murmurs of impatient distrust' — " What is the Almighty, that we should serve him ! and what profit should we have if we pray unto him ? Verily we have cleansed our hearts in vain, and washed' our hands... | |
 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 486 sider
...Therefore "they" ("the wicked") say unto God, depart from us : for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him ? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him ? Job xxi. 11. 15. Cast me not away from thy presence (said David... | |
 | Isaac Ambrose - 1832 - 730 sider
...mirth," are the same that say unto God, " Depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways: is said to " forgive iniquity," when the guilt of sin is take should we have if we pray unto him?" Job 21:12, 13, 14, 15. We have a lively example of this in Augustine's... | |
 | W. D. Gann - 1950 - 124 sider
...before God.— Job 15:4. Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure. — Job 16:17. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? — Job 21:15. Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall... | |
 | John C. L. Gibson - 1985 - 300 sider
...they go down to Sheol. uThey say to God, 'Depart from us! We do not desire the knowledge of thy ways. '^What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit do we get if we pray to him?' ""Behold, is not their prosperity in their hand? The counsel of the wicked... | |
 | Samuel E. Balentine - 1993 - 336 sider
...dismiss God without a thought. They say to God, "Leave us alone! We do not desire to know your ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit do we get if we pray to him?" (21:14-15, NRSV) In the end they die not only rich but satisfied (2 1... | |
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