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Selected Verse: Psalms 148:8 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 148:8 |
King James |
Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word: |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| fulfilling his word--or, law, may be understood of each. Next the most distinguished productions of the vegetable world. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Fire, and hail - Fire, when accompanied by hail; that is, the lightning. See Psa 18:12.
Snow, and vapors - Snow and clouds. It was not unnatural that these should be combined, or suggested together to the mind.
Stormy wind - The storm; the tempest.
Fulfilling his word - Obeying his command; accomplishing his purpose. Let the storm-wind, which seems to be so little under any control, speak his praise by showing how obedient it is to his will, and how exactly it carries out his designs. Its perfect submission to his laws - the exactness with which, though apparently so fierce, raging, and lawless, it carries out his plans, and pauses when he commands it - is in fact an act of praise or homage, as it proclaims his majesty, his supremacy, and his power. On the sentiment here expressed, compare Psa 107:29, note; Psa 89:9, note. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Fire - Lightnings and other fireworks of the air. Vapour - Or, fumes: hot exhalations. Fulfilling his word - Executing his commands, either for the comfort or punishment of the inhabitants of the earth. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Fire, and hail; snow, and vapours - All kinds of meteors, water, and fire, in all their forms and combinations. And air, whether in the gentle breeze, the gale, the whirlwind, the tempest, or the tornado; each accomplishing an especial purpose, and fulfilling a particular will of the Most High. |
9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.