Psalms 147:17
He casts forth His hail like pebbles. Who can withstand His icy blast?
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
In Context
16He spreads the snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes;
18He sends forth His word and melts them; He unleashes His winds, and the waters flow.
Cross References
Exodus 9:23So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down hail upon the land of Egypt.
Job 37:9The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.
Job 38:22Have you entered the storehouses of snow or observed the storehouses of hail,
Psalms 78:47He killed their vines with hailstones and their sycamore-figs with sleet.
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 →