...that, though the Almighty is '' the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity;" though "He rideth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers;" though before Him ''the nations are us a drop in the bucket, and the small dust of the balance ;" yet...

...the ear, but now mine eye seeth thee^ : I see the eternal, self-existent, self-sufficient God, who sits upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; who spreadcth out the heavens as a tent to dwell in, and looks down on the nations as the drop of...

...the ear, but now mine eye seelh thee\ : I see the eternal, self-existent, self-sufficient God, who sits upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; who spreadeth out the heavens as a tent to dwell in, and looks down on the nations as the drop of...

...nations before him are as the drop of a bucket. He taketh up the isles as a very little thing. He sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers. What loftiness of expression ! The deference we pay to the sacred writers is not founded on the beauty...

...vanity. To whom then will ye liken God ? or what likeness will ye compare uuto him? It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers -T that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, that spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in : that,...

...altogether immaculate, yet most propitious to sinful man. Let us hear her delineations. " He sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grashoppers before him: he stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadcth them out as a tent...

...beginning ? " Have ye not understood from the " foundations of the earth ? It is " HE that sitteth upon the circle " of the earth, and the inhabitants " thereof are as grasshoppers ; that "stretcheth out the heavens as a " curtain, ,. and spreadeth them out " as a tent to dwell in...

...the earth in a measure. He iveigheth the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance. He sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers. Behold all nations, are as a drop of a bucket and are counted as the small dust of the balance. All...

...covering. He calls out all the stars by their names, he fnutrateth the tokens of the liars, and makes the diviners mad : he turns wise men backward, and their...when he ' sits upon the circle of the earth, and the inhahitants thereof are as grasshoppers: all nations before him are as the drop of a bucket, and as...

...of the liars, and makes the diviners mad: He turns wise men, backward, and their knowledge become* foolish." His transcendent eminence above all things...earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers : AH nations before him are as the drop of a bucket, and as the small dust of the balance : He takes...