...appropriateness of the beautiful simile of the psalmist, when he spoke of the " Hope of Israel:" " He shall be as the light of the morning, when the...springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain." * " He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass ; as showers that water the earth/'j" Every part...

...high and important office of ruling over men, must be just, ruling in the fear or reverential regard of God. And he shall be as the light of the morning,...when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; ie he shall be discerning, wise, merciful and prosperous : Net as the darkness and inclemency of...

...drawn by Davidf in those last words of his, which many suppose ultimately to refer to the Messiah, He shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even as a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springing out of the earth, by clearshining after...

...drawn by Davidf in those last words of his, which many suppose ultimately to refer to the Messiah, lie shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even as a morning without clouds ; as /he tender grass springing out of the earth, by clear shining after...

...is but a kind prelude to that lucid interval when Jesus, the sun of righteousness, shall arise, and be as the light of the morning when the sun riseth, even amorning without clouds. The soul, emerg'd from nature's night, Shall view the dawning ray, With splendid...

...delineation of David still more exactly than the benign administration of one man could accomplish, and be " as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth,...springing out of the earth, by clear shining after the rain." There are several circumstances which may encourage us to undertake this most honourable...

...absente for a season, and tees him between the clouds.] He that ruleth over men must be just: — and be shall be as the light of the morning when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds. II. Sam. xxiii. 3. Blair observes, that this is one of the most regular, and formal comparisons in...

...should be rtndered, Thejutt one ruling over men, he ruleth in the fear of 4 God. And [he shall be] a« the light of the morning, [when] • the sun riseth, [even] a morning without clouds ; [as] the ten. tier grass [springing] out of the «arth by clear shining after rain. Here he describes the gloriou»...

...the last words of David, recorded in the 2d book of Samuel : (xxiii. 3.) " He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God ; and he shall...even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springeth out of the earth, by clear shining after rain." This is one of the most regular and formal...

...short, touching only one point of resemblance. Such is the following : " He that ruleth over men, " must be just, ruling in the fear of God ; and he shall...even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass " springmg out of the earth by clear shining after « rain." s Allegory is likewise frequently employed...