Psalms 147:19
He shows his word to Jacob;his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
In Context
18He sends out his word, and melts them.He causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
20He has not done this for just any nation.They do not know his ordinances.Praise Yah!
Cross References
Exodus 20:1God spoke all these words, saying,
Deuteronomy 4:1Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and to the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them; that you may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, gives you.
Deuteronomy 4:12The Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire: you heard the voice of words, but you saw no form; you only heard a voice.
Deuteronomy 5:22These words the Lord spoke to all your assembly on the mountain out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. He wrote them on two tables of stone, and gave them to me.
Deuteronomy 6:1Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it;
Deuteronomy 33:4Moses commanded us a law,An inheritance for the assembly of Jacob.
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 →