 Thou turnest man to destruction ; And sayest : — " Return, ye children of men." For a thousand years in Thy sight Are but as yesterday when it is past, And as a watch in the night.  Prayer - Page 3by John Lathrop - 1804 - 41 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1828 - 468 pages
...thou hadst formed the esrlh and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting thou art, О God I Thou turnest man to destruction, and sayest, Return, ye children of men. Thou earnest them away as with a flood ; they aro as a sleep : in the .morning they are like grass... | |
 | William Dodd - 1828 - 522 pages
...? God is greatly to be feared, &c. Who is a strong Lord, like unto thee?— Ps. Ixxxix. 6—9. 11. Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men. — Ps. xc. 3. Job ix. 13. The Lord reigneth : he is clothed with majesty, &c. The Lord on high is... | |
 | Frederick Corbyn - 1828 - 376 pages
...soul joins in acknowledging, " from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God !" The third verse is : " Thou turnest man to destruction, and sayest, Return, ye children of men." Does not my soul bring to its remembrance the fall of Adam and Eve ? and does it not recognize in these... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - 1876 - 444 pages
...ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. Thou turnest man to destruction ; and sayest, Return,...children of men. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. Thou carriest them away as with... | |
 | Bible - 1829 - 414 pages
...narrow bounds is our terrestrial pilgiimage circumscribed! We are impatient, because we are mortal. A thousand years in thy sight are as yesterday, when it is swallowed up in the abyss of the past, like a watch in the night. Teach us, then. Lord, to wait with... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. Thou turnest man to destruction, And thou sayest, Return ye children of men. For a thousand years in thy sight Are as yesterday when it is passed, And like a watch in the night. Thou carriest them away ; they are a dream. 39* In the morning... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1830 - 604 pages
...anger for the sinfulness of mankind. Yea, the seripture is express, that it is so: (Psal. xc. 3, &c.) " Thou turnest man to destruction, and sayest, return, ye children of men. — Thou carries! them away as with a flood : They are as a sleep: In the morning they are like grass,... | |
 | 1830 - 108 pages
...ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. 3. Thou turnest man to destruction : And sayest, " Return, ye children of men." 4. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, And as a watch in the night.... | |
 | John Stedman - 1830 - 364 pages
...its dismal effects in words attributed to Moses, and adopted by the Church in the ninetieth Psalm, " Thou turnest man to destruction, and sayest, Return ye children of men. Thou earnest them away as with a flood ; they are as a sleep ; in the morning they are like grass which... | |
 | Children - 1830 - 106 pages
...ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. 3. Thou turnest man to destruction : And sayest, " Return, ye children of men." 4. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, And as a watch in the night.... | |
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