 | 1830 - 106 pages
...35—40. The prosperity of the wicked is but for a moment, while that of the righteous is enduring. 35. I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a green bay tree. \. 37. Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright : For the end of that man is peace. 38.... | |
 | 1830 - 456 pages
...compressed into the following fourline couplet, is the sense of these two verses of Psalm xxxvii ! " I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree ; hut he passed away ; and, lo ! he was gone ; I sought him, but he could not be found." "... | |
 | 1830 - 1070 pages
...care of hit 35 I have seen tho wickod in ñreat power, and spreading himsell ke a green bay-tree. 36 Yet he passed away, and lo, he was not : yea, I sought him, hut he could ot: y< not b< e found. 37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for tho end of... | |
 | Israel Zangwill - 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 - 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";... | |
 | S. W. Fallon - 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... | |
 | Laurance Wieder - 1999 - 338 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 was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.... | |
 | Alan Sinfield - 1999 - 428 pages
...fascinates' (82). The title is a biblical quotation, offered by Julian's Bible-bashing father: 'I myself have seen the wicked in great power and spreading himself like a green bay tree' (76). Lady Violet Bonham Carter remarked that 'many of those who saw "The Green Bay Tree"... | |
 | Joseph A. Seiss - 540 pages
...the time of the end had verily come ; and, after a short space more, they would be able to say : " I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading...not : yea, I sought him, but he could not be found." (Ps. 37: 35.36.) Striking and impressive is the fact here brought to view, that that which the saints... | |
 | Elizabeth Clare Prophet - 2000 - 530 pages
...I have seen the Watcher in great power and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet the Watcher passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. end of that man is peace. But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the descendants of the... | |
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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. 
