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 Dodd - 1842 - 546 pages
...smote his enemies in the hinder part, he put them to a perpetual reproach. — Ps. Ixxviii. 65, 66. Thou turnest man to destruction : and sayest, Return, ye children of men. — Ps. xc. 3. When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. —... | |
| Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 696 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 nx a watch in the night.... | |
| Nathanael Emmons - Theology - 1842 - 516 pages
...nothing before thee ; verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity." Again, he says to God, " Thou turnest man to destruction : and sayest, Return, ye children of men." " Thou carriest them away as with a flood : they are as a sleep ; in the morning they are like grass... | |
| New Thought - 1953 - 1224 pages
...existence through which we have passed). "Thou turnest man to destruction; again thou sayest, come unto me ye children of men." "For a thousand years in thy sight are as but yesterday: seeing that it is passed as a watch in the night." "Comfort us again now, after the... | |
| Friedrich Dürrenmatt - 1966 - 84 pages
...of Hosts, thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations. " SCHWITTER. It's blazing up. LUTZ. 'Thou turnest man to destruction, and sayest, Return, ye children of men" Getting hot! (Wipes sweat from face.) SCHWITTER. Burning well. (AUGUSTA peeps around door. ) AUGUSTA.... | |
| Roland Mushat Frye - Bibles - 1978 - 644 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.... | |
| Zondervan - Bible - 1984 - 940 pages
...ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. 3 4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.... | |
| Reinhold Niebuhr - Religion - 1986 - 292 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 earnest them away as with a... | |
| Robert Atwan, Laurance Wieder - Poetry - 1993 - 514 pages
...oppressor's spear! How long by tyrants shall thy land be trod? How long thy temples worshipless, Oh God? 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. Thou carriest them away as with... | |
| B. A. Ramsbottom - Strict Baptists - 1994 - 364 pages
...me that I was now safe, and safe I thought myself, not knowing that destruction was close at hand. "Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men." I was filled with pride on account of what I had attained unto, and through the praise of others I... | |
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