...Ixxiii. 18, 19, 20. Thou didst *rt them in slippery places ; thou castedst them down to destruc•kn. Haw are they brought into desolation, as in a moment !...utterly consumed -with terrors. As a dream when one (rwaketh : so, 0 Lord, when thou crwakest, thou shall despise their image ; which is a very beautiful...

...Thou didst set them in slippery places ; thou castedst them down to destrucHvw are they brought ii}to desolation, as in a moment ! they are utterly consumed with terrors- As a dream when one ttwaketh : so, 0 Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image ; which is a very beautiful...

...neither are they plagued like other men. 16 When I thought to know this, it ,was too painful for me : 17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God ; then understood I their end. 18 Surely thou mils; set them in slippery places : thou castedst them down into destruction. 25 Whom...

...against the generation of thy chil" dren. When I thought to know this, it was " too painful for me, until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end."* A wound which brings a domestic animal to our feet, will make the wild, fly into the thickest recesses...

...the ungodly that prosper in the world ; they increase in riches." " How are they," he continues, " brought into desolation as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors !" Such was the prosperity of the rich man, (Luke xii. 16-21,) which he was called suddenly to relinquish....

...was too painful for me ; 17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God ; then understood 1 their end. 18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places : thou castedst them down into destruction. 19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment ! they are utterly consumed with terrors. 20...

...length he concludes his Account of them; •' When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end." (*) XVII. We may learn then, even from this confession of David, that the holy fathers under the Old...

...Surely 'thou didst set them in slip- J {£ Jf pery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. 1 9 j offices thereof. 1 5 t In those days saw I in Judah same treading wine presses 20 'As a dream when one awakelh; so, p^tt*1 0 Lord, ' when thou awakest, thou shall '~^w :.«• despise...

...coming upon them, being represented by their foot sliding. The same is expressed, Psalm Ixxiii. 18. " Surely thou didst set them in slippery places ; thou castedst them down into destruction." 2. It implies, that they were always exposed to sudden unexpected destruction. As he that walks in...

..." saw the end of such men," and the transient nature of that wealth which had excited his envy : " How are they brought into desolation as in " a moment ! they are utterly consumed with ter" rors! As a dream when one awaketh, so, O Lord, " shalt thou make their image to vanish." And was...