Psalms 147:8
6 The LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground.
7 Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music on the harp to our God,
who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.
9 He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.
10 He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legpower of the man.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.
- KJV
- Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
- WEB
- who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass grow on the mountains.
- ASV
- Who covereth the heavens with clouds, Who prepareth rain for the earth, Who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
- DARBY
- Who covereth the heavens with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains;
- BLB
- [to] the One covering the heavens with clouds, the One preparing rain for the earth, the One making grass sprout on the hills,
- ÅB
- ham som dekker himmelen med skyer, som lager regn for jorden, som lar gress spire fram på fjellene!
- OTB
- Han som brer skyer over himmelen,
Som sender regn over jorden,
Som får gress til å gro på fjellene. - B1930
- ham som dekker himmelen med skyer, som lager regn for jorden, som lar gress spire frem på fjellene!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 5:10
He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.
Read in contextPsalms 65:9–13
You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth.
Read in contextGenesis 9:14
Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,
Read in contextJob 26:8–9
He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.
Read in contextActs 14:17
Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”
Read in contextMatthew 5:45
that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
Read in contextIsaiah 5:6
I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”
Read in contextJames 5:17–18
Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.
Read in context