 | George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 606 pages
...expressive image! " Knowest not thou this of old," says Zophar in Job, " since man was placed upon the earth, that " the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy " of the hypocrite but for a moment ? Though his " excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head " reach unto the clouds, yet he shall... | |
 | Tim Bobbin - 1818 - 382 pages
...to the least among you, are given to luxury at home, and covetousness and usury abroad. Know ye not, that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment : though his head reach up to the clouds, and his excellency mount to the heavens: though his. possessions... | |
 | William Hone - 1818 - 154 pages
...was a periodical publication, and in it he found the following parody : — " Verse 5. The triumph of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment. «' This is evident in the case of the children of Israel, whe were formerly oppressed wiih the Egyptian... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 pages
...SOT 3. — The Condition of the Wicked. KNOWEST thou not this of old, since man was placed upon the earth, that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite, but for a moment ? Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach the clouds, yet he shall perish... | |
 | Tim Bobbin, John Corry - 1819 - 536 pages
...unto the least among you, are given to luxury at home, and covetousness and usury abroad. Know ye not that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment : though his head reach up to the clouds, and his excellency mount up to the heavens ; though his possessions... | |
 | 1819 - 488 pages
...he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon himd? Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, that the triumph of the wicked is but short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment'? The hypocrite's... | |
 | 1819 - 948 pages
...wicked. 3 I haveheardthe cbpckofmy reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer. 4 with the cords of his sins. 23 He shall die without instructi 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? 6 Though... | |
 | Samuel Richardson - 1820 - 442 pages
...mercy to forgive; since justice, no less than mercy, is an attribute of the Almighty. VOI.. VIII. X ' The triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment. He is cast into a net by his own feet—he walketh upon a snare. Terrors shall make him afraid on every... | |
 | Henry Belfrage - 1821 - 412 pages
...value of any object when it is transient in its nature ; and such is the character of all carnal joy. " The triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment." It does not even last till death, for the most frivolous incident will mar it,... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1821 - 410 pages
...was intolerable, and he went and threw it down at the feet of the men from whom he had received it. The triumphing of the wicked is short and the joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment. Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue, yet... | |
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Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? 
