...perish." — " I perish with hunger," said the prodigal. This is a starving condition. Moreover, " When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue fuiK'th for thirst, I the Lord will help them." The state of these is, that their tongue is swelled,...

...not feel more at her disappointment than I did. But God is not confined either to place or means. " When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their soul faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, 1 the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will...

...fire, thou shalt not be burnt, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee ; for I am the Lord thy God." " When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none,...hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys : I will make the wilderness...

...is giving the people, Isaiah xli. 17, 18. he uses expressions exactly conformable to this passage, " When the poor and " needy seek water, and there is...for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Jacob will not forsake them : I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the...

...every poor man's case. ' When the poor and needy seek for water, and there is none, and their tongues faileth for thirst : I the LORD will hear them. I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high-places, and fountains in the midst of Tallies,'* and the high value of those...

...praying people who were there, had longed for it, and prepared the way for it. ' When the poor and the needy seek •water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear, I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them : I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the...

...prevail. This is often expressly asserted in Scripture. Hear the Lord's own words, Isa. xli. 17, 18, " When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none,...them, I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness...

...;" — when " the morning stars sang to- ' " gether, and all the sons of God shouted for joy." — " When the poor and needy seek water, and there " is...them, I the God of Israel will not " forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, " and fountains in the midst of the valleys ; I will " make the...

...the LORD, and shall glory in the Holy One of Israel. 17 When the poor and needy seek water, and diere American Bible Society / the God of Israel will not forsake them. 18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the...

...afflicted, and the right of the poor." (Ps. cxl. 12.) And in other parts of the Scripture we read, " When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongues faileth for thirst, I, the Lord, will hear them, I, the God of Israel will not forsake them."...