...themselves. 7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. 8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. 9 Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. 10...

...scorn. 7 Turn us again, thou God of hosts : shew the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole. 8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt : thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. 9 Thou madest room for it : and when it had taken root it filled the land. 10 The hills were covered...

...figurative language, and no less delicately receding back to the plain and unornamented narrative. " Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt ; " Thou hast cast out the nations and planted it, " Thou preparedst room before it"——— After this follow some figurative...

...carried from the world to the church ; from nature to grace ; from sin to godliness, Psal. Ixxx. 3. " Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt; thou hast cast out the Heathen, and planted it." Of some of the branches of this vine were there unfruitful professors. It must be concluded, therefore,...

...figurative language, and no less delicately receding back to the plain and unornamented narrative. " Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt ; " Thou hast cast out the nations and planted it, " Thou preparedst room before it" — — After this follow some figurative...

...tempest» roar ! We may take also from the scriptures a very fine example of an allegory, in the 80th Psalm ; where the people of Israel are represented...beauty ; ' Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt, thoa hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it...

...planted and dressed it ; and particular members of the community are compared to branches. Psal. Ixxx. 8, Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt ; thou hast cast out the heathen and planted it : ver. 14, Return, we beseech thee, О Lord of Hosts ; look down from Heaven, behold and visit thy...

...scorn. 7 Turn us again, thou God of hosts; show the light of thy countenance, and we snail be whole. 8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt ; thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. 9 Thou madestroom for it; and when it had taken root, it filled the land. 10 The hills were eoverei1...

...us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine ; and we shall be saved. See above, ver. 3. 8. Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou, hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. God is reminded of the favour once shown by him' to the church of Israel, and of that prosperity which...

...scorn. 7 Turn us again, thou God of hosts; show the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole. 8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt ; thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. 9 Thou madest room for it ; and when it had taken root, it filled the land. 10 The hills were covered...