New English Translation
Psalms 148:8
8O fire and hail, snow and clouds, O stormy wind that carries out his orders,
Psalms 148:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
- New International Version (NIV)lightning and hail, snow and clouds, stormy winds that do his bidding,
- English Standard Version (ESV)fire and hail, snow and mist, stormy wind fulfilling his word!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Fire and hail, snow and clouds; Stormy wind, fulfilling His word;
Context of Psalms 148:8
6He established them so they would endure; he issued a decree that will not be revoked. 7Praise the Lord from the earth, you sea creatures and all you ocean depths, O fire and hail, snow and clouds, O stormy wind that carries out his orders, 9you mountains and all you hills, you fruit trees and all you cedars, 10you animals and all you cattle, you creeping things and birds,
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אֵ֣שׁ וּ֭בָרָד שֶׁ֣לֶג וְקִיט֑וֹר ר֥וּחַ סְ֝עָרָ֗ה עֹשָׂ֥ה דְבָרֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 148:8
- Psalms 147:15He sends his command through the earth; swiftly his order reaches its destination.
- Genesis 19:24Then the Lord rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah. It was sent down from the sky by the Lord.
- Exodus 9:23When Moses extended his staff toward the sky, the Lord sent thunder and hail, and fire fell to the earth; so the Lord caused hail to rain down on the land of Egypt.
- Leviticus 10:2So fire went out from the presence of the Lord and consumed them so that they died before the Lord.
- Numbers 16:35Then a fire went out from the Lord and devoured the 250 men who offered incense.
- Joshua 10:11As they fled from Israel on the slope leading down from Beth Horon, the Lord threw down on them large hailstones from the sky, all the way to Azekah. They died – in fact, more died from the hailstones than the Israelites killed with the sword.
- Job 37:2Listen carefully to the thunder of his voice, to the rumbling that proceeds from his mouth.
- Job 38:22Have you entered the storehouse of the snow, or seen the armory of the hail,
- Isaiah 66:16For the Lord judges all humanity with fire and his sword; the Lord will kill many.
- Joel 2:30I will produce portents both in the sky and on the earth – blood, fire, and columns of smoke.
- Amos 7:4The sovereign Lord showed me this: I saw the sovereign Lord summoning a shower of fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the fields.
- Revelation 16:8Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was permitted to scorch people with fire.
- Psalms 107:25He gave the order for a windstorm, and it stirred up the waves of the sea.
- Exodus 10:13So Moses extended his staff over the land of Egypt, and then the Lord brought an east wind on the land all that day and all night. The morning came, and the east wind had brought up the locusts!
- Exodus 14:21Moses stretched out his hand toward the sea, and the Lord drove the sea apart by a strong east wind all that night, and he made the sea into dry land, and the water was divided.
- Amos 4:13For here he is! He formed the mountains and created the wind. He reveals his plans to men. He turns the dawn into darkness and marches on the heights of the earth. The Lord, the God who commands armies, is his name!”
Commentaries on Psalms 148:8
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Fire, and hail - Fire, when accompanied by hail; that is, the lightning. See Psalm 18:12. Snow, and vapors - Snow and clouds. It was not unnatural that these should be combined, or suggested together to the mind. Stormy wind - The storm; the tempest. Fulfilling his word - Obeying his command; accomplishing his purpose. Let the storm-wind, which seems to be so little under any control, speak his praise by showing how obedient it is to his will, and how…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-14Verses 7-14 Even in this world, dark and bad as it is, God is praised. The powers of nature, be they ever so strong, so stormy, do what God appoints them, and no more. Those that rebel against God's word, show themselves to be more violent than even the stormy winds, yet they fulfil it. View the surface of the earth, mountains and all hills; from the barren tops of some, and the fruitful tops of others, we may fetch matter for praise. And assuredly…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8In the ancient Near East, people believed that different gods controlled different parts of nature. But the Lord rules over all of nature. Every part of creation serves him and brings him praise by obeying him (Psalms 77:17–18; 104:4; 135:7; 147:8, 15–18; Numbers 11:31).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-107-10. The call on the earth, as opposed to heaven, includes seas or depths, whose inhabitants the dragon, as one of the largest (on leviathan, see on Psa 104:26), is selected to represent. The most destructive and ungovernable agents of inanimate nature are introduced.Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 8and hail Heb. וברד, gresle or grezle in Old French, hail.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 148
- 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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