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Psalms 147:8
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He covers the heavens with clouds; he prepares rain for the earth; he makes grass grow on the hills.
Which couereth the heauen with cloudes, and prepareth raine for the earth, and maketh the grasse to growe vpon the mountaines:
who covers the sky with clouds,prepares rain for the earth,and causes grass to grow on the hills.
Who covers the sky with clouds, Who prepares rain for the eretz, Who makes grass grow on the mountains.
He fills the sky with clouds. He sends rain to the earth. He makes the grass grow on the mountains.
Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who provides rain for the earth, Who makes grass grow on the mountains.
Who covereth the heavens with clouds, Who prepareth rain for the earth, Who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
He fills the sky with clouds and sends rain to the earth, so that the hills will be green with grass.
He veils the sky with clouds; he provides the earth with rain; he makes grass grow on the hills;
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth,
Who couereth the heauen with cloudes, who prepareth raine for the earth: who maketh grasse to growe vpon the mountaines.
who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who causes grass to spring up on the mountains, [and green herb for the service of men;]
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.
who covers the heavens with clouds, who provides rain for the earth, who causes grass to grow on the mountains.
who covers the heavens with clouds; who prepares rain for the earth; who makes grass to grow on the mountains.
He fills the sky with clouds and sends rain to the earth and makes grass grow on the hills.
He covers the sky with clouds, provides the earth with rain, and causes grass to grow on the hillsides.
He covers the heavens with clouds, provides rain for the earth, and makes the grass grow in mountain pastures.
He covers the heavens with clouds. He gives rain for the earth. He makes grass grow on the mountains.
Who covereth the heavens with clouds, preparing rain for the earth, who causeth the mountains to sprout grass:
(146-8) Who covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth rain for the earth. Who maketh grass to grow on the mountains, and herbs for the service of men.
Who covers the heavens with clouds, who gives rain upon the earth, who makes grass to grow upon the mountains.
He spreads clouds over the sky; he provides rain for the earth and makes grass grow on the hills.
It is He who covers the heavens with clouds, Who provides rain for the earth, Who makes grass sprout on the mountains.
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
Who couereth the heaue with cloudes: who prepareth rayne for the earth, who maketh grasse to growe vppon the mountaynes.
He covers the heavens with clouds, prepares rain for the earth, makes grass grow on the hills.
Who covereth the heavens with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains;
Which hilith heuene with cloudis; and makith redi reyn to the erthe. Which bryngith forth hei in hillis; and eerbe to the seruice of men.
Who is covering the heavens with clouds, Who is preparing for the earth rain, Who is causing grass to spring up [on] mountains,
Who covers the sky with clouds, Who prepares rain for the earth, Who makes grass grow on the mountains.
He covers the heavens with clouds, he prepares rain for the earth, he makes grass grow upon the hills.
Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who prepares rain for the earth, Who makes grass to grow on the mountains.
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
By his hand the heaven is covered with clouds and rain is stored up for the earth; he makes the grass tall on the mountains.
Which couereth ye heauen wt cloudes, prepareth rayne for ye earth, & maketh ye grasse to growe vpon the mountaynes.
Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who provides rain for the earth, Who makes grass to grow on the mountains.
He is the One who covers the heavens with clouds,The One who provides rain for the earth,The One who makes grass to sprout on the mountains,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
covereth: Psalms 135:1, Genesis 9:14, 1 Kings 18:44, 1 Kings 18:45, Job 26:8, Job 26:9, Job 36:27-33, Job 38:24-27, Isaiah 5:6
prepareth: Psalms 65:9-13, Psalms 104:13, Psalms 104:14, Job 5:10, Jeremiah 14:22, Joel 2:23, Amos 5:7, Amos 5:8, Matthew 5:45, Acts 14:17, James 5:17, James 5:18
Reciprocal: Genesis 1:11 - Let the Job 36:32 - General Job 38:26 - on the wilderness Job 40:20 - the mountains Psalms 65:10 - settlest the furrows thereof Psalms 145:15 - The eyes Jeremiah 5:24 - that giveth Jeremiah 10:13 - He causeth Joel 2:22 - afraid 1 Corinthians 9:9 - Doth
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Who covereth the heaven with clouds,.... Which are exhalations of vapours out of the earth, and of waters out of the sea, by the sun, and formed into clouds; which are carried about in the air, and let down in showers of rain upon the earth, in proper places, for the good of the inhabitants; and sometimes, when necessary, the heavens are covered and become black with them, as in the times of Ahab,
2 Kings 18:35; and though they look dark, dull, and melancholy, yet are for great usefulness: hereby, as it follows, rain is prepared for the earth, to make it fruitful, to bring forth an increase for men and beasts; and is a wonderful display of the wisdom, power, and goodness of God, for which he is to be praised. This may be either an emblem of afflictive dispensations of Providence, which sometimes make a dark and cloudy day, a day of clouds and thick darkness; especially when the Lord covers himself with a cloud, or hides his face from his people; their sins, as clouds interposing between him and them; and yet these afflictions and desertions, though not joyous, but grievous, tend to make the saints more holy, humble, and fruitful: or else of the churches being supplied with Gospel ministers; the "heaven", and so the "kingdom of heaven", often signifies the church of God or Christ; consisting of men, partakers of the heavenly calling, being born from above; and in which the Gospel and ordinances, that come from heaven, are ministered; and which, for the communion had with God, and the privileges of it, is as it were the suburbs and gate of heaven. Ministers of the word are "clouds" full of the rain of heavenly and evangelic doctrine, which they drop and distil as the rain and dew upon the mown grass; and the covering the heavens with them may denote the plenty of them, or a sufficient number of them, as in the first times of the Gospel: all which are of God, who gives to his churches pastors after his own heart; and commands and directs those where to drop the rain of doctrine, and where not, for which he is to be praised; see Isaiah 5:6;
who prepareth rain for the earth; which is purely his preparation, production, and gift, to water the earth and make it fruitful, and is what none of the vanities or idols of the Gentiles could give; and what he prepares in the clouds, the heavens are covered with: to this the word of God and the evangelic doctrine is compared, because of its original; it is of God, and from heaven; it is dispensed and falls by divine direction, and sometimes in one place, and sometimes in another; and often in great plenty, as at the first, so in the last times of the Gospel dispensation; and brings many blessings of grace and goodness with it; and, like rain, is cooling, softening, refreshing, and fructifying; and this is prepared of God, and ordained by him before the world was, for the good of his people; see Deuteronomy 32:2 1 Corinthians 2:6;
who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains; which would be otherwise dry and barren; but, by the clouds letting down rain upon them, grass grows on them for the cattle on a thousand hills. "Mountains", in a figurative sense, signify churches, high, strong, well-rounded, visible, and where God makes a feast of fat things for his people,
Isaiah 25:6; "grass" denotes true believers, they of the city which flourish like grass; to which they are like, for their weakness in themselves, their number, verdure, and fruitfulness, and for their growth in the church; which is greatly owing to the Gospel and ordinances as means, the ram of Gospel doctrine, the pure, sincere, and unadulterated word of God; by which souls grow in grace, and in the knowledge of divine things; see Psalms 72:16.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Who covereth the heaven with clouds - Clouds that are designed to convey refreshing rain to the earth. The reasons for praise here stated Psalms 147:8-9 are derived from the goodness of God as exhibited in his providential arrangements for the good of man.
Who prepareth rain for the earth - By causing it to be taken from the sea, carried by the clouds, and conveyed through the air to the places where it is needed, and then gently sprinkled on the earth. Compare the notes at Psalms 104:13 : “He watereth the hills from his chambers.” See also Job 5:10, note; Job 28:26, note; Job 36:27-28, notes; Job 38:28, note; Job 38:37, note.
Who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains - Which would be barren but for the rain. Who conveys the water thus to the very tops of the mountains, and causes it to descend on their sides, so that even the mountains are clothed with verdure and beauty. Compare the notes at Psalms 104:14 : “He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 147:8. Who covereth the heaven with clouds — Collects the vapours together, in order to cause it to rain upon the earth. Even the direction of the winds, the collection of the clouds, and the descent of the rain, are under the especial management of God. These things form a part of his providential management of the world.
Maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. — After this clause the Vulgate, the Septuagint, AEthiopic, Arabic, and Anglo-Saxon, add, and herb for the service of man. It appears that a hemistich, or half-line, has been lost from the Hebrew text; which, according to the above Versions, must have stood thus: ועשב לעבדת האדם veeseb laabodath haadam, as in Psalms 104:14: "And herbage for the service of mankind."
