Psalm 147:8

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Summary

Psalm 147:8

Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

Covereth

Isaiah 5:6

Prepareth

Bible References

Covereth

Praise ye Yah, Praise ye the Name of Yahweh, Praise, O ye servants of Yahweh;

and it shall be when I draw a veil of cloud over the earth, - and the bow in the cloud appeareth,

And it came to pass, at the seventh time, that he said, Lo! a little cloud, like a man's hand coming up from the sea. Then he said - Go up, say unto Ahab - Harness, and get thee down, lest the rain shut thee in.

Who bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent beneath them;

For he draweth up drops of water, They trickle as rain through his mist;

Where then is the way the lightning is parted? The east wind spreadeth itself abroad over the earth.

And I will make it a waste; - It shall be neither pruned nor hoed, But there shall come up briars and thorns, - And upon the clouds, will I lay a charge, That they rain thereon no rain.

Prepareth

Thou hast visited the earth, and made it abound, Abundantly, dost thou enrich it - The channel of God, is full of waters, Thou preparest their corn, Yea, thus, dost thou prepare it:

Who watereth the mountains out of his upper chambers, Out of the fruit of thy works, thou satisfiest the earth.

Who giveth rain, upon the face of the earth, and sendeth forth waters, over the face of the open fields;

Are there, among the vanities of the nations senders of rain? Or can, the heavens themselves, give myriad drops? Art not, thou, he, O Yahweh our God? Therefore will we wait for thee, For, thou, hast made all these.

Ye sons of Zion, then, exult and be glad in Yahweh your God, for he hath given you the seed-rain, in right manner, - Yea he hath caused to descend for you a down-pour, of seed-rain and of the harvest-rain in the first month;

Ye who turn, into, wormwood, justice, and, righteousness - to the ground have let fall.

That ye may become sons of your Father who is in the heavens: because, his sun, he maketh arise on evil and good, and sendeth rain, on just and unjust.

Although, not without witness, he left himself, doing good, from heaven, upon you, giving rain and fruitful seasons, filling, with food and gladness, your hearts.

Elijah, was, a man, affected like us; and he earnestly prayed that there might be no moisture, and there was no moisture on the land, for three years and six months, -