 | 1831 - 278 דפים
...Trust in him at all times, ye people ! Pour out your hearts before him ! God is our refuge ! 9 Truly men of low degree are vanity ; And men of high degree are a lie ; Placed in the balance, They are all lighter than vanity. 10 Trust not in extortion ; Place no vain... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - 1831 - 538 דפים
...empty shows of respect, and hollow acclamations of praise ; (whence the psalmist might well say, ' surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree a lie;' a lie, for that their state cheateth us, appearing so specious, yet being really so inconvenient... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1832 - 582 דפים
...itself. "Every man" is so: not only the poor and ignorant, but the rich and learned: as it is said, " 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 vanityd." And this they are " in their best state ,-" even... | |
 | Isaac Ambrose - 1832 - 730 דפים
...forsaken of God, an object amongst men; )f VjC./< " Alas! man at his best is altogether vanity, yea, men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie, to lie laid in the balance, I am altogether lighter than vanity; how then should I Iteiieve any such aeonclition'f... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1832 - 330 דפים
...spendeth as a shadow ? 1 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew ; surely they are disquieted in vain. * Men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie. Verily, every man at his best state is altogether vanity. The thoughts of men are vanity. * Our conversation... | |
 | William Jay - 1832 - 704 דפים
...always truth. David indeed erred when he said in his haste — all men are liars ; yet too commonly "men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie." But even Balaam could say, " The Lord is not a man that he should lie ; neither the sou of man that... | |
 | George Horne - 1833 - 438 דפים
..." God is our refuge ;" yet how very seldom do we recur to him as such in the hour of temptation ! " 9. Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie : to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighttr than vanity." A reason is here assigned, why we should at all... | |
 | John Comly, Isaac Comly - 1833 - 434 דפים
...been beheld soaring above the real participation of those enjoyments for which they seem to aim. " 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." Surely, nothing but a life of rectitude, the result... | |
 | Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 דפים
...Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him : God is a refuge for 118. 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. 13 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in... | |
 | Thomas Watson - 1833 - 794 דפים
...Use 2. See the vanity of the creature ; there are changes in every thing but in God ; Ps. bcii. 9, " Men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie." We look for more from the creature than God hath put into it. The world brings changes ; the creature... | |
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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. 
