For it was not an enemy that reproached me ; Then I could have borne it : Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me ; Then I would have hid myself from him : But it was thou, a man mine equal, My guide, and mine acquaintance.... The Sword and the trowel; ed. by C.H. Spurgeon - Page 32by London metrop. tabernacle - 1871Full view - About this book
| Thomas Boston - 1802 - 422 pages
...their fleeting and flowing, the heavier their eafe lies on ferious fouls : Pfal. Iv. 12. 13. 14. " For it was not an enemy that reproached me, then I...neither was it he that hated me, that did magnify himfelf againft me, then I would have hid myfelf from him. But it was thou, a man, mine equal, my guide,... | |
| 1802 - 308 pages
...thofe whom we love and refpeét Î Howfenfibly did the Pfalmift feel, this, when he exclaimed — " It was not an enemy that reproached me, then I could have borae it ; neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himfelf againil me, then I would have hid... | |
| Jonathan Edwards, Samuel Hopkins - 1804 - 404 pages
...come very near to him, and try his fpirit. The words of the Pfalmift feem applicable to this cafq^ It was not an enemy that reproached me, then I could...neither was it he that hated me, that did magnify himfelf againft me, then I would have hid myfelf from him. But it was THOU' — my guide and mine acquaintance.... | |
| William Jay - Free churches - 1805 - 486 pages
...friends. David magnifies the afHiction he endured by the nearnefs of the quarter from which it came. " It " was not an enemy that reproached me, then I could...neither was it he that hated me ; " that did magnify himfelf againft me, then I would " have hid myfelf from him. But it was thou, mine " equal, my guide,... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 504 pages
...fortune on my ruin : then I would 13 have hid myself from him, and secured v/i\jisi-lfagainxt him. But [it was] thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance ; my intimate friend, whom Ï trusted, und to whom I freely 14 communicated my secrets. We took sweet... | |
| Ralph Erskine - Bible - 1806 - 338 pages
...to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye muft foul the refidue with your feet ? -1 Pfalm lv. 12, 13, For it was not an enemy that reproached me, then I...neither was it he that hated me, that did magnify himfclf againft me, then I would have hid myJ'cif from him. But it was thou, a man, mine equal, my... | |
| Matthew Young (bp. of Clonfert) - 1806 - 404 pages
...mifchief are in the midft of her, fraud is within her, deceit and guile depart not from her ftreets. 11. For it was not an enemy that reproached me, then I could have borne it; neither was it mine adverfary, that ufed his ftrength againft me, then peradventure I would have hid myfelf from him.... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1808 - 532 pages
...come very near to o, and try his spirit. The words of the psalmist seem applicable to this case, " It was not an enemy that reproached me, then I could...against me, then I would have hid myself from him. But it was THOU. ...my guide and mine acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto... | |
| 1808 - 874 pages
...was for that very reafon, he felt the unexpected mock fo feverely. For, faid he, w'uh the Pfalmift, " it was not an enemy that reproached me, then I could...have borne it ; neither was it he that hated me, that Hid magnify himfelf againfl me, then I would have hid myfelf from him. But it was thou a man, mine... | |
| Joseph Hall - 1808 - 568 pages
...I have too veil seen them apt, both to devise and execute violent practices against thy Church. LV. 12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it : 6fc. It was not an open and professed enemy, that hath offered this cruel measure to me, for then... | |
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