English Standard Version
Psalms 147:8
8He covers the heavens with clouds; he prepares rain for the earth; he makes grass grow on the hills.
Psalms 147:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
- New International Version (NIV)He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who prepares rain for the earth, Who makes grass to grow on the mountains.
- New Living Translation (NLT)He covers the heavens with clouds, provides rain for the earth, and makes the grass grow in mountain pastures.
Context of Psalms 147:8
6The Lord lifts up the humble; he casts the wicked to the ground. 7Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; make melody to our God on the lyre! He covers the heavens with clouds; he prepares rain for the earth; he makes grass grow on the hills. 9He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens that cry. 10His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,
Read all of Psalms 147Psalms 147:8 word by word
הַֽמְכַסֶּ֬ה שָׁמַ֨יִם׀ בְּעָבִ֗ים הַמֵּכִ֣ין לָאָ֣רֶץ מָטָ֑ר הַמַּצְמִ֖יחַ הָרִ֣ים חָצִֽיר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Who coverethכָּסָהkâsâh · to coverH3680
- the heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
- with cloudsעָב‛âb · cloudH5645
- who preparethכּוּןkûn · to establish: prepareH3559
- rainמָטַרmâţâr · rainH4306
- for the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- who maketh grassחָצִירchâtsîyr · grassH2682
- to growצָמַחtsâmach · to springH6779
- upon the mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
Cross-references for Psalms 147:8
- Psalms 135:1Praise the Lord! Praise the name of the Lord, give praise, O servants of the Lord,
- Genesis 9:14When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds,
- 1 Kings 18:44And at the seventh time he said, "Behold, a little cloud like a man's hand is rising from the sea." And he said, "Go up, say to Ahab, 'Prepare your chariot and go down, lest the rain stop you.'"
- Job 26:8He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not split open under them.
- Job 36:27For he draws up the drops of water; they distill his mist in rain,
- Job 38:24What is the way to the place where the light is distributed, or where the east wind is scattered upon the earth?
- Isaiah 5:6I will make it a waste; it shall not be pruned or hoed, and briers and thorns shall grow up; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
- Psalms 65:9You visit the earth and water it; you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide their grain, for so you have prepared it.
- Psalms 104:13From your lofty abode you water the mountains; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.
- Job 5:10he gives rain on the earth and sends waters on the fields;
- Jeremiah 14:22Are there any among the false gods of the nations that can bring rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Are you not he, O Lord our God? We set our hope on you, for you do all these things.
- Joel 2:23"Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God, for he has given the early rain for your vindication; he has poured down for you abundant rain, the early and the latter rain, as before.
- Amos 5:7O you who turn justice to wormwood and cast down righteousness to the earth!
- Matthew 5:45so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
- Acts 14:17Yet he did not leave himself without witness, for he did good by giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness."
- James 5:17Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth.
Commentaries on Psalms 147:8
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Who covereth the heaven with clouds - Clouds that are designed to convey refreshing rain to the earth. The reasons for praise here stated Psalm 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8God has complete authority and power over the weather (Psalms 77:17–18; 78:26; 104:4; 148:5–6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-97-9. His providence supplies bountifully the wild animals in their mountain homes. Sing ... Lord--literally, "Answer the Lord," that is, in grateful praise to His goodness, thus declared in His acts.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 147
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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