Psalms 147:8

Geneva Bible (1560)

Which couereth the heauen with cloudes, and prepareth raine for the earth, and maketh the grasse to growe vpon the mountaines:

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  • Job 5:10 : 10 He giueth raine vpon the earth, and powreth water vpon the streetes,
  • Job 26:8-9 : 8 He bindeth the waters in his cloudes, and the cloude is not broken vnder them. 9 He holdeth backe the face of his throne: and spreadeth his cloude vpon it.
  • Gen 9:14 : 14 And when I shall couer the earth with a cloud, and the bowe shall be seene in the cloude,
  • Ps 104:13-14 : 13 He watereth the mountaines from his chambers, and the earth is filled with the fruite of thy workes. 14 He causeth grasse to growe for the cattell, and herbe for the vse of man, that he may bring forth bread out of the earth,
  • Ps 135:1 : 1 Praise ye the Lord. Praise the Name of the Lorde: ye seruants of the Lord, praise him.
  • Isa 5:6 : 6 And I will laye it waste: it shall not be cut, nor digged, but briers, and thornes shall growe vp: I will also commande the cloudes that they raine no raine vpon it.
  • Jer 14:22 : 22 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles, that can giue raine? or can the heauens giue showres? is it not thou, O Lorde our God? therefore we will waite vpon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
  • Joel 2:23 : 23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and reioyce in the Lorde your God: for he hath giuen you the rayne of righteousnes, he wil cause to come downe for you the rayne, euen the first raine, and the latter raine in the first moneth.
  • Amos 5:7-8 : 7 They turne iudgement to wormewood, and leaue off righteousnes in the earth. 8 He maketh Pleiades, and Orion, and he turneth the shadowe of death into the morning, and he maketh the day darke as night: he calleth the waters of the sea, and powreth them out vpon the open earth: the Lord is his Name.
  • Matt 5:45 : 45 That ye may be the children of your father that is in heauen: for he maketh his sunne to arise on the euill, and the good, and sendeth raine on the iust, and vniust.
  • Acts 14:17 : 17 Neuerthelesse, hee left not him selfe without witnes, in that hee did good and gaue vs raine from heauen, & fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with foode, and gladnesse.
  • Jas 5:17-18 : 17 Helias was a man subiect to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rayne, and it rayned not on the earth for three yeeres and sixe moneths. 18 And he prayed againe, and the heauen gaue rayne, and the earth brought forth her fruite.
  • 1 Kgs 18:44-45 : 44 And at the seuenth time he sayd, Behold, there ariseth a litle cloude out of the sea like a mans hand. Then he sayd, Vp, and say vnto Ahab, Make readie thy charet, and get thee downe, that the raine stay thee not. 45 And in the meane while the heauen was blacke with cloudes and winde, and there was a great rayne. Then Ahab went vp and came to Izreel.
  • Job 36:27-33 : 27 When he restraineth the droppes of water, the rayne powreth down by the vapour thereof, 28 Which raine the cloudes do droppe and let fall abundantly vpon man. 29 Who can know the diuisions of ye clouds and the thunders of his tabernacle? 30 Beholde, he spreadeth his light vpon it, and couereth the bottome of the sea. 31 For thereby hee iudgeth the people, and giueth meate abundantly. 32 He couereth the light with the clouds, and commandeth them to go against it. 33 His companion sheweth him thereof, and there is anger in rising vp.
  • Job 38:24-27 : 24 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the East winde vpon the earth? 25 Who hath deuided the spowtes for the raine? Or the way for the lightning of ye thunders, 26 To cause it to raine on the earth where no man is, and in the wildernes where there is no man? 27 To fulfil the wilde and waste place, and to cause the bud of the herbe to spring forth?
  • Ps 65:9-9 : 9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou makest it very riche: the Riuer of God is full of water: thou preparest them corne: for so thou appointest it. 10 Thou waterest abundantly the furrowes thereof: thou causest the raine to descende into the valleies thereof: thou makest it soft with showres, and blessest the bud thereof. 11 Thou crownest ye yeere with thy goodnesse, and thy steppes droppe fatnesse. 12 They drop vpon the pastures of the wildernesse: and the hils shalbe compassed with gladnes. 13 The pastures are clad with sheepe: the valleis also shalbe couered with corne: therefore they shoute for ioye, and sing.

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  • Ps 104:12-14
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    12 By these springs shall the foules of the heauen dwell, and sing among the branches.

    13 He watereth the mountaines from his chambers, and the earth is filled with the fruite of thy workes.

    14 He causeth grasse to growe for the cattell, and herbe for the vse of man, that he may bring forth bread out of the earth,

  • 10 He giueth raine vpon the earth, and powreth water vpon the streetes,

  • 7 He bringeth vp the cloudes fro the ends of the earth, & maketh the lightnings with ye raine: he draweth foorth the winde out of his treasures.

  • Job 38:26-28
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    26 To cause it to raine on the earth where no man is, and in the wildernes where there is no man?

    27 To fulfil the wilde and waste place, and to cause the bud of the herbe to spring forth?

    28 Who is the father of the rayne? Or who hath begotten the droppes of the dewe?

  • 9 Which giueth to beasts their foode, and to the yong rauens that crie.

  • 6 For he sayth to the snowe, Be thou vpon the earth: likewise to the small rayne and to the great rayne of his power.

  • Job 36:27-29
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    27 When he restraineth the droppes of water, the rayne powreth down by the vapour thereof,

    28 Which raine the cloudes do droppe and let fall abundantly vpon man.

    29 Who can know the diuisions of ye clouds and the thunders of his tabernacle?

  • Ps 148:8-10
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    8 Fire and hayle, snowe and vapours, stormie winde, which execute his worde:

    9 Mountaines and all hils, fruitfull trees and all ceders:

    10 Beasts and all cattell, creeping things and fethered foules:

  • Ps 104:2-3
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    2 Which couereth himselfe with light as with a garment, and spreadeth the heauens like a curtaine.

    3 Which layeth the beames of his chambers in the waters, and maketh the cloudes his chariot, and walketh vpon the wings of the winde.

  • 7 Sing vnto the Lord with prayse: sing vpon the harpe vnto our God,

  • 1 Aske you of the Lord raine in the time of the latter raine: so shall the Lorde make white cloudes, and giue you showers of raine, and to euery one grasse in the field.

  • Ps 65:9-10
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    9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou makest it very riche: the Riuer of God is full of water: thou preparest them corne: for so thou appointest it.

    10 Thou waterest abundantly the furrowes thereof: thou causest the raine to descende into the valleies thereof: thou makest it soft with showres, and blessest the bud thereof.

  • 6 He shall come downe like the rayne vpon the mowen grasse, and as the showres that water the earth.

  • Jer 51:15-16
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    15 He hath made the earth by his power, & established the world by his wisedome, and hath stretched out the heauen by his discretion.

    16 Hee giueth by his voyce the multitude of waters in the heauen, and he causeth the cloudes to ascend from the endes of the earth: he turneth lightnings to raine, and bringeth forth the winde out of his treasures.

  • 22 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles, that can giue raine? or can the heauens giue showres? is it not thou, O Lorde our God? therefore we will waite vpon thee: for thou hast made all these things.

  • 10 Surely as the raine commeth downe and the snow from heauen, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth and maketh it to bring forth and bud, that it may giue seede to the sower, and bread vnto him that eateth,

  • 7 For the earth which drinketh in the raine that commeth oft vpon it, and bringeth foorth herbes meete for them by whome it is dressed, receiueth blessing of God.

  • 11 He maketh also the cloudes to labour, to water the earth, and scattereth the cloude of his light.

  • 13 For lo, he that formeth the mountaines, & createth the winde, & declareth vnto man what is his thought: which maketh the morning darkenesse, & walketh vpon the hie places of the earth, the Lord God of hostes is his Name.

  • 8 And the mountaines ascend, and the valleis descend to the place which thou hast established for them.

  • Job 26:8-9
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    8 He bindeth the waters in his cloudes, and the cloude is not broken vnder them.

    9 He holdeth backe the face of his throne: and spreadeth his cloude vpon it.

  • 6 He buildeth his spheres in the heauen, and hath layde the foundation of his globe of elementes in the earth: hee calleth the waters of the sea, and powreth them out vpon the open earth: the Lorde is his Name.

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    8 The foules of the ayre, and the fish of the sea, and that which passeth through the paths of the seas.

  • 34 Canst thou lift vp thy voice to the cloudes that the aboundance of water may couer thee?

  • 10 He sendeth the springs into the valleis, which runne betweene the mountaines.

  • 32 He looketh on the earth and it trembleth: he toucheth the mountaines, and they smoke.

  • 13 Hee giueth by his voyce the multitude of waters in the heauen, and he causeth the cloudes to ascend from the endes of the earth: he turneth lightnings to rayne, and bringeth forth the winde out of his treasures.

  • 6 Which made heauen and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth his fidelitie for euer:

  • 8 (39:11) He seeketh out the mountaine for his pasture, and searcheth after euery greene thing.

  • 22 He sitteth vpon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grashoppers, hee stretcheth out ye heauens, as a curtaine, and spreadeth them out, as a tent to dwell in.

  • 32 He couereth the light with the clouds, and commandeth them to go against it.

  • 12 They drop vpon the pastures of the wildernesse: and the hils shalbe compassed with gladnes.

  • 18 He sendeth his worde and melteth them: he causeth his winde to blowe, and the waters flowe.

  • 9 Thou, O God, sendest a gracious raine vpon thine inheritance, and thou didest refresh it when it was wearie.

  • 23 Then shall hee giue raine vnto thy seede, when thou shalt sowe the ground, and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shalbe fat and as oyle: in that day shall thy cattell be fed in large pastures.

  • 8 Hee himselfe alone spreadeth out the heauens, and walketh vpon the height of the sea.

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    1 To him that excelleth on Gittith. A Psalme of Dauid. O lord our Lord, how excellent is thy Name in all the worlde! which hast set thy glory aboue the heauens.

  • 15 Also I will send grasse in thy fieldes, for thy cattel, that thou maist eate, and haue inough.