| Robert Leighton - 1830 - 640 Seiten
...felicity, as it follows presently after in this Psalm. Ver. 6. There be many that say, Who will shew us any good ? Lord, lift Thou up the light of Thy countenance upon us. THE Psalmist now returns to himself and his own affairs, and having sufficiently admonished his enemies... | |
| Charles Simeon - 1832 - 562 Seiten
...only one that could be made consistently with true wisdom : " There be many that say, Who will shew us any good! Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us"." The same is the judgment which he gives us in the passage before us. We may, indeed, understand the text... | |
| George Horne - 1833 - 438 Seiten
...compose " a threefold cord," which " is not easily broken." " 6. There be many that say, Who will show us any good ? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us." The two former verses were addressed to rebellious sinners, inviting them to repentance and reformation.... | |
| Edward Feilde - 1847 - 210 Seiten
...may we hope to be partakers of the same (I"). PSALM iv. 6. There be many that say, Who will shew tis any good? Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. THE number of persons is considerable in our days as it was in those of the psalmist, whose hearts and... | |
| George Horne (bp. of Norwich.) - 1848 - 464 Seiten
...and compose " a threefold cord," which is not easily broken. 6. There be many that say, Who will show us any good ? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. The two former verses were addressed to rebellious sinners, inviting them to repentance and reformation.... | |
| Thomas Frognall Dibdin - 1850 - 350 Seiten
...to adopt the * Job, xi. 12. language of the Psalmist : — " There be many that say, Who will show us any good ? — Lord ! lift THOU up the light of thy countenance upon us."* The foundation of all religion is the knowledge of the true God, and of his will with respect to us. A... | |
| Robert Aspland - 1851 - 780 Seiten
...comparison of Scripture with itself."— J. KRNRICR. Ps. iv. 6 : " There be many that say, Who will shew us any good ? Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us." The general truth conveyed in this verse is, that without a consciousness of the Divine favour there can... | |
| Charles Simeon - 1855 - 544 Seiten
...only one that could be made consistently with true wisdom : " There be many that say, Who will shew us any good! Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us*." The same is the judgment which he gives us in the passage before us. We may, indeed, understand the text... | |
| Alonzo Ames Miner, Elbridge Gerry Brooks, Abel Charles Thomas, Alonzo Amos Miner - 1858 - 454 Seiten
...lesson on human helplessness. From multitudes of hearts, there went up the moaning cry, "Who will show us any good? Lord, lift Thou up the light of Thy countenance upon us ! " The world had begun to feel its need of a Saviour, and Christ was sent into the world. He came to bear... | |
| William Trevor Nicholson - 1859 - 392 Seiten
...the uncertainty of all human goods — to find this credible certainty to lean upon ? " Who will show us any good ? Lord lift Thou up the light of Thy countenance upon us." THE GOSPEL. " If I should die with thee, I will not deny Thee in any wise . . . And when he thought thereon,... | |
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