Psalms 147:17
He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can stand before his cold?
World English Bible
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, and scatters frost like ashes.
18He sends out his word, and melts them. He causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
Cross References
Exodus 9:23Moses stretched out his rod toward the heavens, and the LORD sent thunder and hail; and lightning flashed down to the earth. The LORD rained hail on the land of Egypt.
Job 37:9Out of its room comes the storm, and cold out of the north.
Job 38:22Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
Psalms 78:47He destroyed their vines with hail, their sycamore fig 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 →