...Psalm ciii. 15. So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Psalm xc. 12. Man is like to vanity : his days are as a shadow that passeth away. Psalm cxliv. 4. Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end....

...repaired under many. All his redeeming goodness was laid out upon man, " What is man, that thou takest knowledge of him ! or the son of man that thou makest account of him !" Psal. cxliv. 3 : making account of him above angels; as they fell without any tempting them, so...

...that which we have in the Common Prayer Book. It runs thus : " Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him ? or the son of man, that thou makest account ot him ?" According to the former translation, David seems to be amazed that the eternal God, considering...

...Sacrament of the Supper, he chose as his text, Psal. cxliv., 3, 4 : " Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him ! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him ! Man ia like to vanity : his days are as a shadow that passeth away." To a friend he signified, before going...

...the request of the mourning family, kindly officiated. The sermon was founded on Psalm cxliv. 4, " Man is like to vanity : his days are as a shadow that passeth away." The funeral sermon was preached on the following Sabbath evening by Mr. Staples, from I Cor. xv. 26,...

...understandest my thoughts afar off" (Psalm cxxxix.). The fourth would say, "Lord, what is man that Thou takest knowledge of him, or the son of man that Thou makest account of him ?" (Psalm cxliv.) And the fifth would reply, " Yea, the mother may forget her child, yet will I not...

...dust. — Ps. civ. 29. Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. — Ps. cxvi. 15. Man is like to vanity : his days are as a shadow that passeth away.— Ps. cxliv. 4; 1 Chron. xxix. 15; Ps. cii. 11. CHAP. ХХХЫPut not your trust in princes, nor in the...

...shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me. 3 LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him ! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him ! 4 Man is like to vanity : his days are as a shadow that passeth away. 5 Bow thy heavens, O LORD,...

...your life may be ended before it dies away : God only knows whether you or the year shall die first. " Man is like to vanity : his days are as a shadow that passeth away." Though scarcely a day passes over our heads without bringing death before our view in some form or...

...glory ; for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake. i-\ lu. 3, 4. Liinl. what is roan, that thou tatest knowledge of him '. or the son of man, that thou makest account of him ? Man is like to vanity. Matt. viii. 8. The centurion (aid to Jesus, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof....