Speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee.

Job xii. 8.

Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full

of trouble.

Miserable comforters are ye all.

The king of terrors.

I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

xvi. 1.

xvi. 2.

xviii. 14.

xix. 20.

Oh that my words were now written! oh that they

were printed in a book!

Seeing the root of the matter is found in me.

23.

28.

Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he

When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me.

I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

xxix. 11.

I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

The house appointed for all living.

13.

15.

xxx. 23.

My desire is that mine adversary had written a

book.

Great men are not always wise.

He multiplieth words without knowledge.

Fair weather cometh out of the north.

xxxi. 35.

xxxii. 9.

xxxv. 16.

xxxvii. 22.

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

xxxviii. 2.

The morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy.

xxxviii. 7.

Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed.

11.

Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion ?

Canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?

He smelleth the battle afar off.

Job xxxviii, 31.

32.

xxxix. 25.

xli. 1.

24.

31.

Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook?

Hard as a piece of the nether millstone.

He maketh the deep to boil like a pot.

I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; but now mine eye seeth thee.

His leaf also shall not wither.

xlii. 5.

Psalm i. 3.

Lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

1

Out of the mouth of babes 1 and sucklings.

iv. 6.

viii. 2.

Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels.2

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.

5.

xiv. 1; liii. 1.

He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.

8

xv. 4.

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

xvi. 6.

Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings.

The sorrows of death compassed me.

xvii. 8.

xviii. 4.

He rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind."

10.

1 Of very babes.

Book of Common Prayer.

- Ibid.

2 Thou madest him lower than.

8 The lot is fallen unto me in a fair ground. — Ibid.

4 Apple of an eye. - Ibid.

He rode upon the cherubim, and did fly; he came flying upon the wings

of the wind. - Ibid.

The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth his handiwork.

Psalm xix. 1.

Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge.1

And there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

2.

6.

10.

xxii. 17.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.2

Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me."

My cup runneth over.1

From the strife of tongues.

He fashioneth their hearts alike.5

xxiii. 2.

4.

5.

xxxi. 20.

xxxiii. 15.

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

xxxiv. 13.

I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

Spreading himself like a green bay-tree.

Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright.

While I was musing the fire burned.

8

xxxvii. 25.

35.

37.

xxxix. 3.

1 One day telleth another; and one night certifieth another, - Book of Common Prayer.

2 He shall feed me in a green pasture, and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort. Ibid.

3 Thy rod and thy staff comfort me. — Ibid.

4 My cup shall be full. Ibid.

5 He fashioneth all the hearts of them. — Ibid.

6 And yet saw I never . . . begging their bread. — Ibid.

7 Flourishing. Ibid.

8 While I was thus musing the fire kindled. - Ibid.

Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.1

Psalm xxxix. 4.

Every man at his best state is altogether vanity.2

5.

He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

6.

Blessed is he that considereth the poor.

xli. 1.

As the hart panteth after the water-brooks.*

xlii. 1.

Deep calleth unto deep.5

7.

My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

xlv. 1.

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

xlvi. 1.

Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion,. . . the city of the great King.

xlviii. 2.

Man being in honour abideth not; he is like the beasts

But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance."

15.

1 Lord, let me know my end, and the number of my days, that I may be certified how long I have to live. · Book of Common Prayer.

7 The hill of Sion is a fair place, and the joy of the whole earth. - Ibid.

8 Nevertheless, man will not abide in honour, seeing he may be compared unto the beasts that perish. - Ibid.

9 But it was even thou, my companion, my guide, and mine own familiar friend. Ibid.

The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart.1

My heart is fixed.

Psalm lv. 21.

lvii. 7.

They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.2

Vain is the help of man.

lviii. 4, 5.

læ. 11; cviii. 12.

Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance they are altogether lighter than vanity.3

lxii. 9.

He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass.*

His enemies shall lick the dust.

As a dream when one awaketh.

lxxii. 6.

9.

lxxiii. 20.

Promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.

He putteth down one and setteth up another.

They go from strength to strength.

lxxv. 6.

7.

lxxxiv. 7.

I had

A day in thy courts is better than a thousand. rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness."

lxxxiv. 10.

Mercy and truth are met together: righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

lxxxv. 10.

1 The words of his mouth were softer than butter, having war in his heart. - Book of Common Prayer.

2 Like the deaf adder, that stoppeth her ears; which refuseth to hear the voice of the charmer, charm he never so wisely. - Ibid.

As for the children of men, they are but vanity: the children of men are deceitful upon the weights; they are altogether lighter than vanity itself. Ibid.

4 He shall come down like the rain into a fleece of wool. — Ibid.