Psalms 147:17
He casts forth his ice like morsels. Who can stand before his cold?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
In Context
16He gives snow like wool. He scatters the hoar-frost like ashes.
18He sends out his word, and melts them. He causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
Cross References
Exodus 9:23And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven, and LORD sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down to the earth, and LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
Job 37:9Out of the chamber [of the south] comes the storm, and cold out of the north.
Job 38:22Have thou entered the treasuries of the snow, or have thou seen the treasures of the hail,
Psalms 78:47He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore trees with frost.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 147:13-20
Jerusalem and Zion Called to Praise to God; God's Favour to Israel. 12 Praise the Lord , O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. 13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee. 14 He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat. 15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly. 16 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. 17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his… Read the whole commentary →