whom the world smiles, and who say in their hearts, “Where is the promise of his Coming?” like the nations of earth, in Zech. 1:15, הַגּוֹיִם הַשַּׁאֲנַנִּים. It is the contempt of “the proud” גְאֵיוֹנִים, that class of scorners who shall be found abounding on earth when “the day of the Lord” comes on “every one that is (גֵאָה) proud,”—the “boasters, lovers of pleasure,” of 2 Tim. 3:2. The prayer for help has reference to the high priest’s blessing, Num. 6:24 In Psa. 121:3, 4, he lifted up his eyes