 | Jacques Saurin - 1800 - 304 sayfa
...immensity of his works. The prophet invites us to this meditation in the words of my text. It is he. that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in. Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things. It is he who bringeth out their... | |
 | 1803 - 466 sayfa
...the heavens.—" Who stretcheth out " the heavens like a curtain!*—That stretcheth out the heavem " as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in f." How far this expansion of the heavens extends, is another ques-? tion. That portion of it diffused... | |
 | 1807 - 570 sayfa
...It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof arc as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain,, and...spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: 23 That bringeth the princes to nothing ; he maketh the judges of the eartli as vanity. 24 Yea, they shall not be planted... | |
 | Jean Siffrein Maury - 1807 - 298 sayfa
...dust; yea less than nothing, and vanity ;' ' seeing it ' is^He that stretcheth out the heavens like a curtain, and ' spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in.' (Ch. xl. 10, &c.) ' Sometimes this prophet has all the sweetness of an ec' logue, in the smiling images... | |
 | 1868 - 602 sayfa
...It is He that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in,'—it is plain that the Prophet uses the majesty of Nature as a mere step to lead to the majesty... | |
 | Johannes van der Kemp - 1810 - 572 sayfa
...above the circle of the earth, the inhabitants whereof are as grasshoppers before him ; who stretchetli out the heavens, as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in," Isaiah xl. 18, 22. Therefore when we address the heavenly Father, we must by all means do it with exalted... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1813 - 468 sayfa
...immensity of his works. The prophet invites us to this meditation in the words of my text. " It is lie that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in. Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things. It is he who bringeth out their... | |
 | Elizabeth Hamilton - 1814 - 584 sayfa
..." that sitteth upon the circle of the " earth, and the inhabitants thereof " are as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth " out the heavens as a curtain, and " spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell " in: that bringeth the princes to no" thing : he maketh the judges of the " earth as vanity. He shall blow... | |
 | George John Freeman - 464 sayfa
...? It is he who sitteth on the Circle of the Earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grashoppers, that stretcheth out the Heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in !" The Author of the Book of Job possessed a genius of the highest (Jrder. That story throughout is... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1817 - 294 sayfa
...is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in. Isa. xl. 224 Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that... | |
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That stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, And spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in : 23 That bringeth princes to nothing, That maketh the judges of the earth as vanity. 24 Yea, hardly are they planted, hardly are they sown, Hardly hath their stock... 
