| Sir Walter Scott - 1826 - 344 pages
...ceremony, he pulled a Bible from his pocket, and selected his text from the forty-fifth psalm, — " Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with...thy majesty : and in thy majesty ride prosperously." — Upon this theme he commenced one of those wild declamations common at the period, in which men... | |
| William Cogswell - 1827 - 558 pages
...itself against the knowledge of God, and bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty! with...because .of truth, and meekness, and righteousness. Go forth conquering, and to conquer, till the earth •shall be full of thy glory. Guard, purify, and... | |
| John Platts - 1827 - 572 pages
...given unto him : and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. y See on REV. i. 14. z Ps. xlv. 3, 4 : Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with...prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness ; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. ISA. xi. 4 : But with righteousness shall he... | |
| Christian Cann - 1828 - 570 pages
...Sovereign of Souls, as well as Ruler of Worlds. HERVEY. 714- - and sword upon thy puissant thigh ; Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with...because of truth, and meekness, and righteousness ; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. Thine arrows are sharp in the hearts of the... | |
| Edward Payson - 1828 - 516 pages
...inspired author describes the state of his mind, when he began to pen it. My heart, says he, is inditing a good matter ; I speak of the things, which I have...the king; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. But before he could proceed farther, the illustrious personage, who was the subject of his meditations,... | |
| 1828 - 1042 pages
...chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves. MY heart is inditing hou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at...7 When he shall be judged, let him be 1 and let h 2 Thou art fairer than the children of men : grace is poured into thy lips : therefore God hath blessed... | |
| Edward Payson - 1828 - 522 pages
...one, whose presence produced such fulness of joy. Hence he cries out, in the language of our text, Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O Most Mighty, with...; and in thy majesty ride prosperously, because of meekness and truth and righteousness, and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. His benevolent... | |
| Joseph John Gurney - 1829 - 412 pages
...remarkably accords with a well-known passage of the Psalms. "My heart," says the Psalmist, " is inditing a good matter! I speak of the things which I have...of men : grace is poured into thy lips : therefore Odd hath blessed thee for ever ! Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, 0 most mighty, with thy glory and thy... | |
| Gardiner Spring - 1829 - 280 pages
...eternal life. Be strong, therefore, and let not your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded. Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most Mighty, with...because of truth, and meekness, and righteousness ; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. Let us exclaim with the poet, " Come then, and,... | |
| 1830 - 756 pages
...taught, is in the xlvth Psalm, where the Mighty One is thus exhorted to act anterior to his marriage, " Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with...because of truth, and meekness, and righteousness ; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things : thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the... | |
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