...are as a sleep : in the morning they are like grass, which groweth up." And the sixth verse adds : " In the morning it flourisheth and groweth up ; in the evening it is cut down and withereth." And the seventh verse : -'' For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled."...

...flourishing state of man in youth, and his decay in the time of age; " In the morning they are like the grass which groweth up, in the morning it flourisheth and groweth up ; in the evening it is cut down and withered." To cure us of our confidence in the wealth • Matt. xiii. 3, &c. t Om Trsf «{,iAXw...

...past, And as a watch in the night. 5. Thou earnest them away as with a flood ; they are as a sleep : 6. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up ; In...by thine anger, And by thy wrath are we troubled. 8. Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, Our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. 9. For...

...most emphatic of the Scriptural representations as to the state of man. " In the morning, they are like grass which groweth up ; in the morning it flourisheth,...; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth."* — Sometimes life may appear to * Psalm xc. 5, 6. occupy extended dimensions,— yet the period will...

...of men. — Thou carriest them away as with a flood : They are as a sleep : In the morning they are like grass, which groweth up: in the morning it flourisheth...groweth up; in the evening it is cut down and withereth. For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. Thou hast set our iniquities...

...next evening was smitten, exactly agreeable to the representation made of man's life in Psalm xc. 6. " In the morning it flourisheth and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down and withereth." The worm that smote the gourd, represents the cause of man's death. The gourd was killed by a worm,...

...Moralist ; " Thou carriest them away as with a flood ; they are as a sleep : in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. In the morning it flourisheth,...up ; in the evening it is cut down and withereth." b This comparison of the space of human life with the time, in which herbs of the field are permitted...

...and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not." We are " as a sleep; or as grass: in the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth." The foundation of this sentiment is obvious. Men do not live for ever. The longest duration of human...

...is cut down : he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not." We are " as a sleep ; or as grass : in the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up ; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth." The foundation of this sentiment is obvious. Men do not live for ever. The longest duration of human...

...with a flood, — they are as a sleep, — they are like the grass which groweth up in the morning ; in the morning it flourisheth and groweth up, — in the evening it is cut down and withereth. Many generations have already passed away since that hour when the heavens and the earth arose ; they...