 | Old Humphrey - 1799 - 372 pàgines
...occupies, seeming to be shut up by hills and mountains in the centre of a vast amphitheatre : " As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people." The locality of Jerusalem is indisputably proved, whatever difference of opinion there may be as to... | |
 | 1830 - 334 pàgines
...a lofty plain, surrounded on all sides by mountains ; so as strongly to remind me of the words, As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about Hit people, &c. (Psalm cxxv. 2.) The climate is remarkably cold in winter ; snow in large quantities,... | |
 | 530 pàgines
...to those that trust in him, and as they said this, they repeated the words of the 125th Psalm, " As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever." And again, as they looked at the fitful element beneath us, and the... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1807 - 406 pàgines
...nature of a Metaphor admits ; as when I say, " The actions of princes are like those great riv." ers, the course of which every one beholds, but their springs " have been seen by few." This slight instance will show, that a happy Comparison is a kind of sparkling ornament, which adds... | |
 | Benjamin Beddome - 1807 - 546 pàgines
...dangers. " The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that,fear him, and delivereth them — As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people, from henceforth even for ever — The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon hi;:i, to all that... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1808 - 330 pàgines
...expressed in form, and usually pursued more fully than the nature of a metaphor admits. As when we say, " The actions of princes " are like those great rivers,...beholds, but their springs have been seen by few." This short instance will show that a happy comparison is a sort of sparkling ornament which adds lustre... | |
 | Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - 1808 - 486 pàgines
...held them in derision. For the Lord is the keeper of Israel ; he is the shield of the righteous. As the mountains are round about 'Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth and Jor ever .f". * Psalm xxxvii. 2. t Psalm cxs;v. 2. C c 4 IN SERMON IN- the third... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1808 - 486 pàgines
...hold them in derision. For the Lord is the keeper of Israel ; he is the shield of the righteous. As the mountains are round about "Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about bis people from henceforth and Jor ever -\~. * Psalm xxx^vii, 3. f Psalm cxtv. 2t 392 On the Government... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1809 - 330 pàgines
...allegory. A Comparison or simile, is, when the resemblance between two objects is expressed inform, and generally pursued more fully than the nature of...mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round ubout his people." " Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity... | |
 | John Millard - 1813 - 704 pàgines
...dreaded the anger of God as teares hanging over my head, and I could not bear the weight of them. Or, when it is said, " the actions of princes are like...great rivers, the " course of which every one beholds, bnt their springs have " been seen by few." Mr. Harris, in his Hermes, lias by a simile, illustrated... | |
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As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever. 
