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Psalms 147:8 Cross-References
Explore 16 cross-references for Psalms 147:8 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Psalms chapter 147 verse 8 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.”
Psalms 147:8 (KJV)
Commentary on Psalms 147:8
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. This verse celebrates God's providential control over the water cycle, which ancient peoples observed but couldn't fully explain. The Hebrew hamekhaseh shamayim be'avim (הַמְכַסֶּה שָׁמַיִם בֶּעָבִים) portrays God actively covering the heavens with clouds—what we now understand as evaporation, condensation, and atmospheric dynamics is here attributed directly to divine agency.The purpose is agricultural: "prepareth rain for the earth" (hameikhin la'aretz matar, הַמֵּכִין לָאָרֶץ ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Psalms 147:8
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“and sends waters on the fields;”
“and water it. You greatly enrich it. The river of God is full of water. You provide them grain”
“when I bring a cloud over the earth”
“and the cloud is not burst under them.”
“in that he did good and gave you{TR reads us instead of you} rains from the sky and fruitful seasons”
“and sends rain on the just and the unjust.”
“that he said”
“Yahweh our God? therefore we will wait for you; for you have made all these things.”
“and cast down righteousness to the earth:”
“which distill in rain from his vapor”