...troubled. 8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. 10 The days of our years are threescore years and...sorrow : for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. 12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. 14 O satisfy us early...

...which the Psalmist is almost universally acknowledged to have provided a final answer; — 'The days of our years are three-score years and ten, and if by...strength labour and sorrow, for it is soon cut off, and we flee away.' There are plenty of examples, however, of longevity far exceeding even the higher figures,...

...anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. 8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. 9 For all our days...their strength labour and sorrow ; for it is soon cut oft', and we fly away. 11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy...

...it1? Is it a large portion of time ? Are centuries allotted for man's existence ? No : " The days of our years are threescore years and ten, and if by...years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for , * Psa. xc. 9. f J°b xiv. 1. it is soon cut off, and we fly away."* Nay, it is compared to a week,...

...for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. ( Printed.) St. Stephen, Coleman-street. Psalm xc. 10. The days of our years are threescore years and...and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. SWIM Protestant Church, Soht. Rev. Mr Sterkej * Isaiah, xlix. 7, 8. Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer...

...generally receive as a fair expression of the truth regarding the length of human life: " The days of our years are threescore years and ten ; and if by...sorrow, for it is soon cut off, and we fly away." * And fixing the limit of life at seventy or eighty, we of course reckon old age to begin a great many...

...wilderness, is the case of Christians in the world ; and the same thing is true both in them and in us. 9. For all our days are passed away in thy wrath; we spend our years as a tale that is told. Life is compared to a "tale" that is told and forgotten ; to a " word" which is but air,...

...fear of death, and appeared as preparing for a long journey!" The days of our years (Psalm xc. 10.) are threescore years and ten, and if by reason of...sorrow, for it is soon cut off", and we FLY AWAY. It is strange that Mu. RICHARDS, a man distinguished for good sense and prudence, should not have made...

...human life. "The days of our years are three score years and ten ; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and...sorrow ; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away." As a general appointment of Heaven, fourscore years mark the extreme limits of the life of man. Many...

...thee, our secret tins in the light of thy him on high, because he hath known my countenance. name. * *Q,:, ;,':";.' is told. 10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten ; and if by reason of strength...