 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and He bringeth them out of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they...  The Christian Herald - Page 261817Full view - About this book
 | Old Humphrey - London (England) - 1799 - 372 pages
...hollow of his hand can alone save her crew from destruction! He has commanded the winds to cease. " He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof...they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired heaven," Psalm cvii. 29, 30. When we see the reckless life that sailors too often lead, and when we... | |
 | Longinus - Aesthetics - 1800 - 238 pages
...decks with foam; the winds aloud Howl o'er the masts, and sing thro' every shroud : Pale, " to and fro like a drunken man, and are at their wits" end. Then...desired haven. Oh ! ** that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and " for his wonderful works to the children of men !" Shakespeare has, with inimitable... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 314 pages
...of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then they are glad, because they be quiet, so he bringeth them unto their desired haven*." ' By the way ; how much more comfortable, as well as rational, is this system of the psalmist, than... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 408 pages
...of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then they are glad, because they be quiet, so he bringeth them unto their desired haven." ' By the way, how much more comfortable as well as rational is this system of the Psalmist, than the... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 506 pages
...the LORD in their trouble, and 29 he bringeth them out of their distresses. He maketh the storm 30 a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then...be quiet ; so he bringeth them unto their desired 31 haven. Oh that [men] would praise the LOUD [for] his goodness, and [for] his wonderful works to... | |
 | Francis Collins - Mediterranean Region - 1809 - 354 pages
...cry unto the Lord in their trouble, " and he bringeth them out of their dis" tresses. He makeththe storm a calm, so " that the waves thereof are still....desired haven. " Oh that men would praise the Lord for " his goodness, and for his wonderful works "to the children of men!" Psalm cvii. Alas ! how seldom... | |
 | Henry Venn - Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel - 1810 - 280 pages
...For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof: They mount up to heaven, they go down again to the depths ; their soul...quiet. So he bringeth them unto their desired haven." A more majestic description of almighty power, cannot be found. Yet this very scripture, without altering... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 522 pages
...of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then they are glad because they be quiet, so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.' " By the way, how much more comfortable, as well as rational, is this system of the psalmist, than... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 522 pages
...of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then they are glad because they be quiet, so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.' " By the way, how much more comfortable, as well as rational, is this system of the psalmist, than... | |
 | George Horne, Lindley Murray - Bible - 1812 - 248 pages
...them out of their distresses. 29. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. 30. Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven. 31. O that men would firaise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children... | |
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