 | New Church gen. confer - 1855 - 590 pages
...which the Psalmist is almost universally acknowledged to have provided a final answer; — 'The days of our years are three-score years and ten, and if by...strength labour and sorrow, for it is soon cut off, and we flee away.' There are plenty of examples, however, of longevity far exceeding even the higher figures,... | |
 | 1815 - 614 pages
...all our days are passed away in thy wrath : we spend our years as a tale that is told. 10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten ; and if by...their strength labour and sorrow ; for it is soon cut oft', and we fly away. 11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1815 - 202 pages
...it1? Is it a large portion of time ? Are centuries allotted for man's existence ? No : " The days of our years are threescore years and ten, and if by...years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for , * Psa. xc. 9. f J°b xiv. 1. it is soon cut off, and we fly away."* Nay, it is compared to a week,... | |
 | J. Coote - 1817 - 378 pages
...not what a day may bring forth. ( Printed.) St. Stephen, Coleman-street. Psalm xc. 10. The days of our years are threescore years and ten ; and if by...and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. SWIM Protestant Church, Soht. Rev. Mr Sterkej * Isaiah, xlix. 7, 8. Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer... | |
 | 1855 - 782 pages
...generally receive as a fair expression of the truth regarding the length of human life: " The days of our years are threescore years and ten ; and if by...sorrow, for it is soon cut off, and we fly away." * And fixing the limit of life at seventy or eighty, we of course reckon old age to begin a great many... | |
 | George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 576 pages
...a " meditation, a thought," which is of a nature still more fleeting and transient. 10. The days of our years are threescore years and ten, and if by...sorrow : for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. This again might be primarily spoken by Moses, concerning Israel. The generation of those who came... | |
 | John Evans - 1819 - 444 pages
...fear of death, and appeared as preparing for a long journey!" The days of our years (Psalm xc. 10.) are threescore years and ten, and if by reason of...sorrow, for it is soon cut off", and we FLY AWAY. It is strange that Mu. RICHARDS, a man distinguished for good sense and prudence, should not have made... | |
 | Birmingham sacellum Erdingtoniense - 1821 - 644 pages
...all our days are passed away in thy wrath ; we spend our years as a tale that is told. 10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten ; and if by...sorrow : for it is soon cut off ', and we fly away. 11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger ? even according to thy fear ; so is thy wrath, 12 So teach... | |
 | William Romaine - 1821 - 314 pages
...age. JT is appointed unto all men once to die. The time is fixed by an immutable decree. The days of our years are threescore years and ten, and if by...and sorrow: For it is soon cut off, and we fly away. If some be permitted to live longer, yet the infirmities of old age must arrive, bringing with them... | |
 | Morgan Williams - 1822 - 728 pages
...faileth : but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever. Psal. xc. 10. The days of our age are threescore years and ten ; and if by reason of...sorrow : for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. Psal. xc. 12. So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Psal. c-iii.... | |
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The days of our years are threescore years and ten ; And if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, Yet is their strength labour and sorrow ; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away. 
