Psalm 147:17-18 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 147:12-20

Jerusalem, and Zion, the holy city, the holy hill, are here called upon to praise God, Ps. 147:12. For where should praise be offered up to God but where his altar is? Where may we expect that glory should be given to him but in the beauty of holiness? Let the inhabitants of Jerusalem praise the Lord in their own houses; let the priests and Levites, who attend in Zion, the city of their solemnities, in a special manner praise the Lord. They have more cause to do it than others, and they lie... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 147:17

He casteth forth his ice like morsels ,.... Divided like morsels, as the Targum; cut into pieces, like morsels of bread. This seems to have respect to hail stones, which sometimes fall like pieces of ice, and are very prejudicial to the fruits of the earth: this was one of the ten plagues of Egypt; and whereby also many of the Canaanites were destroyed in the times of Joshua, Exodus 9:23 ; and there is an exceeding great storm of hail yet to come, very dreadful; see Revelation 16:21 .... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 147:18

He sendeth out his word, and melteth them ,.... The snow, the hoar frost, and ice: this he does by a word of his, who can freeze the earth and waters, and thaw them at his pleasure; by ordering the sun to break forth with great heat, or rain to fall in great plenty; of both which Kimchi interprets his word; as well as by causing a warm wind to blow, as follows, he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters to flow : the south wind particularly; then the waters, which were still and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 147:17

He casteth forth his ice - קרחו korcho , (probably hailstones), like crumbs. Who can stand before his cold? - At particular times the cold in the east is so very intense as to kill man and beast. Jacobus de Vitriaco, one of the writers in the Gesta Dei per Francos, says, that in an expedition in which he was engaged against Mount Tabor, on the 24th of December, the cold was so intense that many of the poor people, and the beasts of burden, died by it. And Albertus Aquensis, another... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 147:18

He sendeth out his word - He gives a command: the south wind blows; the thaw takes place; and the ice and snow being liquefied, the waters flow, where before they were bound up by the ice. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 147:1-20

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 147:12-20

National well-being. Piety and patriotism, that go so well together and were so intimately bound together in the mind of the Jews, are here very closely associated. We, too, are convinced that the future of our country will be determined by its faithfulness or unfaithfulness to the Lord whom it professes to serve. There are four features of national well-being here. I. SECURITY . ( Psalms 147:13 .) "He hath strengthened the bars of thy gates." Jerusalem was surrounded by its... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 147:16-17

The lessons of the winter. "What can be lovelier than the glittering jewels with which the hoar-frost bedizens every leaf and spray of the woodland? Or the translucent azure of the glacier crevasses with their long pendants of lustrous ice? There are beautiful things in winter as well as in summer; and we need the cold, unearthly splendors of the one as much as the glowing, living charms of the other to educate our sense of God's greatness in his works. But beauty is everywhere in nature... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 147:17

He casteth forth his ice like morsels ; or, "like crumbs;" i . e . in profusion, as men feed birds. The "ice" intended would seem to be that of hailstones. Who can stand before his cold? Though the thermometer rarely shows more than six or seven degrees of frost in Palestine, yet the Oriental is as much chilled by such a temperature as the Englishman by one twenty degrees lower. He shivers in his light attire, and is very reluctant to leave the shelter of his house or tent. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 147:18

He sendeth out his word, and melteth them (comp. Psalms 147:15 ). God has only to "speak the word," and all trace of winter disappears—hoar-frost, hail, snow, melt away, and the atmosphere is once more soft and genial. He causeth his wind to blow. The change usually comes With a change of wind, which, as with ourselves, is commonly cold from the north and east, warm from the west and south. And the waters flow . A thaw sets in, and soon all the watercourses are full of rushing streams. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 147:12-20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 147:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 147:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 147:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 147:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 147:1-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 147:12-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 147:16-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 147:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 147:18

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