Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, And meted out heaven with the span, And comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, And weighed the mountains in scales^ And the hills in a balance? The British Essayists: The Adventurer - Page 52by Alexander Chalmers - 1802Full view - About this book
| James Foster - 1744 - 430 pages
...fuper-eminentmajefty of God in moft grand and lofty expreffions ( as that he hath meafuredthe waters in the hollow of his hand^ and meted out heaven with a fpan, compre* bended the duft of the earth in a meajure, weighed the mountains in fcales, and the hills... | |
| 1758 - 508 pages
...whom will ye liken God? or what " likenefs will ye compare unto him ? Who " hath meafured the waters in the hollow of " his hand ? and meted out heaven with a " fpan, and comprehended the duft of the " earth in a meafure, and weighed the moun" tains in fcales,... | |
| Thomas Gibbons - 1767 - 540 pages
...fplendor, are the divine power and wifdom reprefented in ffaiab xl. 12? " Who hath * meafured the waters in the hollow of his hand, * and meted out heaven with a fpan, and com* prehended the duft of the earth in a meafure, 11 and weighed the mountains in fcales,... | |
| James Robertson - 1770 - 844 pages
...declaiming any «' confultation with inferior beings, in theie words of Ifaiah, cap. xl. " ver. 12, 13, 14. Who hath measured the -waters in the hollow of " his hand, and meted out heaven with a /fan, and comprehended «' the duß of the earth in a mcafurc, and -weighed the mountains in " /cales,... | |
| Philip Skelton - 1770 - 632 pages
...defcribing his future office as the great fliepherd, God by his prophet faith, who hath meafured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with a fpan, &c. ? Who hath direfled the fpirit r~!'*l Ruah) of the Lord or heing his counfellor hath taught... | |
| 1793 - 310 pages
...E 4 vanity vanity introduced making the following fublime enquiTf \ " Who harh meafured the waters in the hollow of " his hand, and meted out heaven with a fpan, and " comprehended the duft of the earth in a meafure, and " weighed the mountains in fcales,... | |
| John Pearson - 1797 - 632 pages
...hath bound the -waters in a garment ? who hath eJlabliJhed all the ends of the earth ? who but God ? Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with a fpan, and comprehended the dttft of the earth in a meajure ? who but he ? Thus then may he be called... | |
| Jacques Saurin - 1800 - 304 pages
...the everlasting God ? 'The prophet's notions of God are diffused through alt the verses of the text. Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his...span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure ? Who hath weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? Behold the nations... | |
| British essayists - 1802 - 330 pages
...infinite Mind can be expressed, adequately to the dignity of the subject, but in the following mariner ? ' Whither shall I go from thy presence ? If I climb...the hills in a balance?' Produce me, Terentianus, «ny image or description in Plato himself, so truly .elevated and divine ! Where did these barbarians... | |
| John Brewster - 1802 - 330 pages
...mode of existence of the Supreme Being, must acknowledge who it is that 41 has measured the waters in the hollow of " his hand, and meted out heaven..."earth in a measure; and weighed the " mountains in a scale, and the hills in a " balance. Behold the nations," proceeds the sublime Isaiah, " are as a... | |
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