Psalm 147:8

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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 Yah! Praise the name of Yahweh. Praise [him], O servants of Yahweh,

And when I make clouds appear over the earth the bow shall be seen in the clouds.

It happened that at the seventh time, he said, "Look, there is a small cloud, as [the] hand of a man, coming up from the sea." Then [Elijah] said, "Go up, say to Ahab, 'Harness [your horses] and go down, lest the rain stop you.'"

[He] ties up [the] water in its clouds, and [the] cloud is not torn open beneath it.

Indeed, he draws up [the] drops of water; he distills [the] rain into its mist,

Where then [is] the way [where] [the] light is distributed, [where] he scatters [the] east wind upon [the] earth?

And I will make it a wasteland; it shall not be pruned and hoed, and it shall be overgrown [with] briers and thornbushes. And concerning the clouds, I will command {them not to send} rain down upon it.

Prepareth

You care for the land and water it; you greatly enrich it. The stream of God [is] filled with waters. You provide their grain, for so you have established it.

[You are the one who] {waters} [the] mountains from his upper chambers. The earth is full with the fruit of your labors:

the one who is giving rain on [the] {surface of} [the] earth and is sending water on [the] {surface of} [the] fields,

Are there [any] among the idols of the nation [who] cause rain to pour? Or can the heavens give showers? [Is] it not you, Yahweh our God? Therefore, we hope in you, for you do all these [things].

Be glad, children of Zion, be glad and rejoice in Yahweh your God, because he has given for you the autumn rains for [your] righteousness, and he has {poured down} for you rainwater, [the] autumn and spring rains, as before.

[Ah,] you who turn justice into wormwood and hurl righteousness to the ground!

in order that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven, because he causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust.

And yet he did not leave himself without witness [by] doing good, giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying [you] with food and your hearts with gladness."

Elijah was a human being with the same nature as us, and {he prayed fervently} for [it] not to rain, and it did not rain on the land [for] three years and six months.