 | Joseph Hall - Bishops - 1837 - 564 pages
...he is comforted, and thou art tormented; Luke xvi. 25. The wicked man prospers : but, how long ? / have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading...himself like a green baytree : Yet, he passed away ; and, lo, he was not : I sought him; but he could not be found ; Ps. xxxvii. 35, 36. The wicked prosper... | |
 | 1837 - 556 pages
...way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay-tree. 36 Yet he passed away, and lo, he mas not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. 37 Mark the... | |
 | Auguste Louis Philippe Rochat - Hezekiah, king of Judah - 1837 - 284 pages
...way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land : when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree : yet he passed away, and lo, he was not ; yea, I sought him, but he could not be found."... | |
 | Bible - 1837 - 324 pages
...corning. . . . Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken. — 35. I have seen the wicked in great power ; and spreading himself like a green bay tree ; yet he passed away, and lo, he was not. Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. —... | |
 | Martin Luther - History - 1837 - 408 pages
...way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land : when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it, have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green hay-tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not : yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. Mark... | |
 | Thomas Stearns Eliot - Poetry - 1996 - 476 pages
...5:3: 'I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly 1 cursed his habitation'; and Psalm 37:35-6: 'I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and lo, he was not' ('suddenly dissolve and fall away'?, 38). The repetition... | |
 | Alicia Ostriker - Bibles - 1994 - 284 pages
...soldiers — the poor, the discontented, the distressed. It is now for these that he composes his psalms. I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. So sings David, accompanied by his troops. Make a joyful noise unto God, O ye lands. Light... | |
 | S. W. Fallon - Reference - 1998 - 336 pages
...urine 1 Haldl men harkat, haräm men barkat. [wicked. Sorrows to the upright and blessings to the ( I have seen the wicked in great power and spreading himself like a green bay tree, yet he pa-sed, and lo, he was not. Pialmi xixvii, 55. 56.) Halaq ka na tâlu kâ, yeh mal... | |
 | Israel Zangwill - Fiction - 1998 - 536 pages
...society shall flourish as the green bay tree" The verse to which Pinchas is alluding is Psalms 37:36: "I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree"; it also appears in the Anglican Book of Common Prayer, with the verb "flourishing." 79.... | |
 | William Harmon - Literary Collections - 1998 - 386 pages
...which could naturally be green, some readers may hear an echo of the green bay tree in Psalms 37:35: "I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree." Grave men: The adjective grave that means serious comes from the Latin gravis, "heavy";... | |
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Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. 
