...way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land ; when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt Bte it, I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green bay tree : yet he passed away, and lo, he was not ; yea, 1 sought him, but he could not be found. Murfc the...

...his happy spirit to Abraham's bosom. (Luke xvi. 19 — 23.) David saw, and it has often since been seen, ",the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green bay tree." Asaph saw, and was discouraged, the prosperity of the wicked and the afflictions of the righteous;...

...leader in battle and conquest has perished as an exile and a captire on a rock in the ocean. " I saw the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green bay tree : he passed, yea, was not : I sought him, but he could not be found."* 2. This warning teaches us,...

...polluted forever. Very many passages clearly prove that the earth shall be purgid from the wicked. I have seen the wicked in great power, 'spreading himself like a green bay tree ; yet he passed away, and lo, he was not; yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. Here the passing...

...like the cedar, to raise his proud head to the skies. Thus, for example, (Ps. xxxvii. 35, 36,) ' / have seen the wicked in great power ; spreading himself like a green bay tree ; yet he passed away, and lo, he was not ; yea I sought him, but he could not be found."1 He is so...

...orders, [ Nerium Oleander, PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. BAY. Psalm i. 3. ; xxxvii. 35. Daniel, iv. 4. " I HAVE seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green Bay tree ; yet he passed away." —Ps. xxxvii. This striking exclamation is the only passage in which the Bay...

...Crimes. They prosper in their house, and in their field. David bears testimony to this, when he says, " I have seen the wicked. in great power, spreading himself like a green bay tree." But the next verse says, " Yet he passed away, and lo, he was not : yea, I sought him, but he could...

...triumphing, of virtue struggling with poverty, i and misery, of wickedness revelling in abundance. 'I have seen ' the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green deep- •• rooted tree,' (Psa. xxxvii. 35.) ' His (the wicked's) ways are always prosperous, far...

...ROSE-BAY. Two plants claim to be the bay of Scripture : these are the green-bay, and the rose-bay. " I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green bay-tree ; yet he passed away." (Psalm xxxvii. 35.) This striking exclamation is the only passage in...

...result of his own personal experience, that the wicked do not continue in prosperity. He says, " I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green bay-tree ; yet he passed away," Pa. xxxvii. 35, 36. How beautifully is the bay-tree made emblematic...