...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 witheretli." The worm that smote the gourd, represents the cause of man's death. The gourd was...

...then we feelingly assent to the truth of the observations, made by the holy Moralist ; " Thou carriest them away as with a flood ; they are as a sleep :...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...cut down." " All flesh is us grass, and all thegoodliness thereof is as the flower of the field." " In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up ; in the evening it is cut down and withereth."* Such also are all human enjoyments. While our hopes are fair and hlooming, and we are promising ourselves...

...— 5. 30 Clotlte the grots, &c.] Thou earnest "them" ("mankind") away as with a flood; they are at a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up ; in the morning it flourished) and groweth up, in the evening It is cut down and withereth. Pt. xc. 5, 6. When the wicked...

...Psalmist, — " tliou turnest man to destruction, and gayest, Return, ye children of men. Thou earnest them away as with a flood : they are as a sleep —...groweth up. In the morning it flourisheth and groweth — in the evening it is cut down and withereth." Yes, my brethren, how many are the dwellings around...

...counsel 26 Put them in fear, O Lord: that the nations mayknowthemselves to be but men. 27 Thou earliest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep : in the morning they are like grass which groweth up : 28 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. SECTION...

...looks back upon it, may appear only as three hours, or one quarter of the night. " 5. Thou earnest them away as with a flood ; they are as a sleep :...in the morning they are like grass which groweth up ; or, as grass that changeth. 6. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up ; in the evening it...